Father and son missing as floods hit northern Albania

TIRANA (Reuters) – A father and son have been lacking in Albania on Sunday after their automotive was swept right into a river throughout floods within the north of the nation as heavy rains led emergency companies to evacuate these in danger.

A lady who was additionally within the automotive when it was caught within the circulation of a swollen stream managed to flee, police stated.

“The lady’s father and her brother have been taken away by the circulation of the water and police are working to seek out the lacking males,” Albania’s police service stated on its Fb web page, exhibiting rescuers attempting to get the automotive out of the water.

Some colleges have been closed within the affected areas and Albanian emergency companies had begun to evacuate individuals near the city of Shkoder because of the flood hazard.

Albania, which depends all its electrical energy home manufacturing from hydro, has seen its worst drought in years throughout 2022, forcing the federal government to import extra energy.

State-owned energy utility KESH stated the rain prior to now 24 hours have been filling its reservoirs and though it was producing at full capability it additionally needed to discharge extra water to maintain two of its dams protected.

Though neighbouring Kosovo was additionally flooded, there have been solely experiences of injury and no lack of life.

(Reporting by Florion Goga; writing by Fatos Bytyci)