Krka and Sava in Brežice are declining, so the situation is no longer expected to worsen. The swollen water caused the most problems in Krška vas, Loče and Čatež ob Sava, said the mayor of Brežice, Ivan Molan.
The most critical was in the village of Krška vas, where groundwater flooded some of the most vulnerable houses, and the situation will be monitored throughout the night, Indeks reports.
The Directorate of Civil Protection of the MUP of Croatia announced tonight that emergency flood defense measures have been established on the Mur River, measuring station Mursko Središće, from Podturno to the border with Slovenia.
Members of the civil defense of the municipalities of Nedelišće and Sveti Martin na Muri are on the ground and are installing rabbit dykes in endangered places, they announced.
Hrvatska vode published a forecast according to which the maximum water level of the Mura River is expected on the night from Saturday to Sunday, when it will reach 500 centimeters, which is about 30 centimeters lower than the record water level from 2014.
The Director of Croatian Waters, Zoran Đuroković, commented on flood defense in Zagreb and its surroundings in the daily N1.
Đuroković said that they are at maximum capacity, but that large volumes of the Sava will not come from Slovenia, because it is in stagnation.
"But we also have the Krapina river that enters Croatia, but fortunately there is the Sava-Odra canal and there are large amounts of water there. In 24 hours, that is more than 60 million cubic meters of water that we will release here and lower the Sava in Zagreb", he said and added that the citizens of Zagreb need not worry.
"We don't think we will go into extraordinary measures. The water level is four to five meters higher and that is among the records, it is the two or three highest water levels in history," he added.
"We still have a few meters of embankment height, and it is built to last. We know that Zagreb needs to withstand 4.200 cubic meters of water per second, and somewhere around 3.200 came from Slovenia. The water level will be high in Zagreb for the next 24 hours," he noted.
He added that the situation in the area of Karlovac, Petrinja and Banovina is much easier than announced.
"We are left with the area of Rugvica where we had floods in 2010, but we believe that we will release all the volumes towards Sisak, where we will release the water into Lonjsko polje", he stated.
"The decline has also started in the municipality of Brdovec, but there is a depression there and it still seems as if the water is not receding," said Đuroković.
He believes that Croatia has a good flood defense system. "You saw what happened in Slovenia and we can say that we have a fairly good defense system, otherwise the same thing would have happened to us as in Slovenia," he concluded.
Slovenia is facing the worst natural disaster in recent history, Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob said after the Government session, stating that two-thirds of the country was affected by the floods, and the damage is estimated at half a billion euros.
The storm in Serbia that hit Zemun today caused unusual scenes on the streets of that municipality.
One of the videos on social networks shows the containers being carried by the wind.
A strong storm, accompanied by heavy rain, stormy wind and hail, which first hit the western part of Serbia, soon reached Belgrade.
Gornji Milanovac, the villages of Koštunići, Pranjani, Leušići and Teocini, the municipalities of Ub and Lajkovac, and Obrenovac were the first targets of the storm, reports N1.
The storm hit Belgrade after 14 p.m., when it got dark in the middle of the day.
A gale-force wind blew, blowing roofs and uprooting trees, and hail fell.
The Terasija tunnel in the center of Belgrade is completely flooded, writes N1.
The Civil Protection Directorate of the MUP of Croatia has published aerial images of the flooded areas of the city of Zagreb and Zagreb County.
"We continue to call on citizens in flood-prone areas to be especially careful, not to travel if they don't have to, to follow the news and recommendations of the competent authorities, and to take the necessary safety measures in a timely manner," they announced.
A big storm hit Serbia this afternoon
N1 reports that a strong storm hit Belgrade shortly after 14 p.m.
Gale force winds are blowing, heavy rain is falling and hail the size of walnuts.
The Republic Hydrometeorological Institute (RHMZ) announced earlier that the weather in Serbia will be very unstable today, with rain, strong squalls, thunder and sometimes hail, especially in the afternoon and evening hours.
It was reported to the police in Ljubljana that a dead man was found on the banks of the Sava in the Tomačevo area.
According to the information gathered so far, he was found a few hundred meters from his residence on the bank of the river, the Ljubljana Police Department announced.
As the police added, according to initial data, it is suggested that the death could be the result of floods.
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"All findings will be reported to the competent state prosecutor's office in Ljubljana," the police added.
The mayor of Zagreb, Tomislav Tomašević, said that the peak of the water wave in that city is expected around 18 p.m.
"According to the latest information I received from Hrvatske vode, the peak of the water wave on the Sava is expected today around 18:XNUMX. The situation is serious, but Hrvatske vode assures that at this moment the residents of Zagreb have no reason to worry," wrote the mayor of Zagreb on Facebook. profile.
A mass evacuation of residents of the Koroška Bela settlement is also being prepared for today.
As reported by N1, the evacuation of residents will be announced tonight as a precaution, which will be signaled by an alarm. An evacuation plan is prepared for residents who live in several streets or areas there.
Officials appealed to residents to be ready for evacuation during the day.
About 150 tourists are staying in the area of the municipality of Ljubno in Slovenia, many of whom are left without cars, so they are looking for transportation to larger centers so that they can travel home from there.
The mayor of Ljubno municipality, Franjo Naraločnik, said that there are many families in the municipality who were left completely without everything during the storm.
N1 reports that 15 to 20 people are currently without their homes, and that two more houses are in great danger due to threatening landslides.
The river Dravinja is washed out of its bed. The pictures published on the Neurje.si portal show the flooded towns of Majšperk, Stanečko vas, Breg, Škrblje and Stogovce.
Due to heavy rainfall and overflowing rivers, several thousand residents are still without electricity in Slovenia, mainly in the area of Elektra Celje or in Carinthia and in the Upper Savinjska Valley.
The entire area from Ravno na Koroškem to Črna na Koroškem is without electricity. The area from Nazari to Logarska dolina is also without electricity.
In the area of Litija, in Slovenia, the river Sava overflowed its banks. The Neurje.si portal has published photos sent to them by a reader. They added that the river level is slowly falling.
Croatian Minister of the Interior Davor Božinović stated that the situation with water levels in Croatia is serious and that operational services were on the ground all night.
According to N1, he said that he will monitor the situation and the weather forecast today.
"As was announced, the water level is rising, but not to the extent that it was one of the worst scenarios that we received based on the calculations of our colleagues in Slovenia, so the situation is serious," said Božinović.
The situation in Celje, where the swollen river Savinja threatened with major floods on Friday, is calming down.
The water level of this river has decreased by about two meters compared to the highest level on Friday, announced the municipality of Celje.
After about 4.000 citizens were evacuated on Friday, residents can now return to their homes, reports N1. It will soon be known when the residents of Špica and Lisac will be able to return to their homes.
Despite the storm and all the warnings, even the emergency flood defense measures adopted in Croatia, two people decided to spend the night - on a raft on the Sava.
Zagreb firefighters rescued two people from a flood on the Sava in Zagreb.
"Dangerous and irresponsible. We have just saved two people who decided to spend the night on a raft," it was stated on the Facebook page of the Zagreb Fire Department.
the wave of water reached Croatia on Friday, and due to heavy rains the Sava river overflowed its banks in some places.
Croatian Waters today passed Decisions on the establishment of emergency flood defense measures.
Parts of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana are still flooded.
The problem in Ljubljana is caused by high underground water, as well as the Sava, which has flooded and has not yet receded in the area of Tacna and Sneberi, announced this morning the deputy commander of the civil protection of the Ljubljana municipality, Robert Kus.
Several people were sleeping in emergency accommodation.
The floods, reports N1, paralyzed the whole of Carinthia.
Rising waters continue to pose a threat.
Due to landslides in many places, firefighters or rescue services cannot reach people. Today, members of the Slovenian army will try to break through to Črno na Koroškem, which is cut off from the rest of the world.
There was a shortage of food, water and fuel for generator sets.
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