Baku-APA. City of Zilina and its surroundings in the Northern Slovakia were hit by massive torrential storm on Monday evening, with a number of roads in the area having been flooded, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Zuzana Farkasova of the Fire and Rescue Corps Presidium (HaZZ) informed, that the worst situation is in the city itself and the surrounding boroughs, where fire-fighters have been dispatched to drain the water accumulated on the roads and in cellars of people's houses.
"The situation in Zilina region is being complicated by dozens of fallen trees. Fire and rescue corps have been dispatched mainly to Zilina, and the villages of Povazsky Chlmec, Rojkov, Kralovany, Rakova, and Vrutky," said Farkasova.
Fire-fighters have also been sent to the locality of the popular tourist destination of Vratna Dolina in Mala Fatra Mountains to help people guard against landslides.
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