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Severe storms and floods in the Carpathian Mountains killed 13 people in Ukraine and another five people in neighboring Romania. Five days of ________ (1) rain near the Prut and Dniestr rivers ________ (2) floods that damaged more than 21,000 houses, Ukraine's ________ (3) Ministry said in a statement.
Ukrainian officials ________ (4) more than 8,000 people and reported that over 300 towns and villages were left without ________ (5). The government said damages are ________ (6) at more than $300 million. "Ukraine has not seen anything like this in 100 years," First Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchinov said in televised remarks.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko declared the region a national disaster ________ (7), leaving festivities marking the 1,020th anniversary of the country's adoption of Christianity in Kiev, the capital, to fly to the heaviest-hit ________ (8) of Ivano-Frankivsk in southwestern Ukraine.
The storms will continue for at least another 24 hours and water ________ (9) are expected to rise further, the meteorological service said.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who had already been touring the region, called for a parliament session to allocate disaster relief ________ (10).
On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the country's emergencies and foreign ministries to provide humanitarian ________ (11) to flood-hit areas of Ukraine and Moldova. A Russian plane carrying 40 metric tons of food and potable water took off from Moscow on Friday. On August 4, Russian trucks carrying diesel ________ (12), pumps, disinfectants and other items are expected to arrive in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau and the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankovsk.
The Japanese government announced on Friday it would send Ukraine tents, blankets, diesel generators and water purifying ________ (13) worth $110,000. The aid is due to arrive in Kiev on August 4.
A top Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry's official said logging could have exacerbated the ________ (14) of the floods. "I share the opinion that one of the causes of the disastrous flood in Ukraine was the uncontrolled ________ (15) down of trees," Vasyl Dourdynets said at a news conference.
It is widely believed that one of the main reasons for the severe flooding seen in Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova in recent years is that deforested regions are less able to ________ (16) water. In addition, nothing prevents water from rushing down the Carpathian Mountains in the event of heavy rains.
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