The heavy rain with hail that fell during the last few days affected 60-70% of the apple, plum and cherry orchards in Lencăuți village of Ocnița district. According to the mayor of Lencăuți Stanislav Bairac, the orchard owners estimated the losses at about 1 million lei.
Contacted by IPN for details, Stanislav Bairac said wells, yards, crop fields and local roads were muddied as result of the heavy rainfall. Owing to the unfavorable weather conditions, the storehouse of the secondary school of Lencăuți remained without a roof.
In Chiștelnița village of Telenești district, a local road became impassable on a distance of almost 2 km. Mayor Constantin Ciobanu has told IPN about 110,000 lei is needed to repair this road.
According to the General Inspectorate for Emergencies, the rain caused damage also in Bulboci village of Soroca district, where 1 km of a local road was damaged and two houses and three cellars were flooded.
In the villages Giurgiuleşti, Slobozia Mare, Cucoara and Văleni of Cahul district, rescuers pumped water out of cellars, basements and houses. Damage was also caused in Strășeni, Cantemir, Ialoveni, Hâncești, Grăiești, Tohatin, Cruzești and Cheltuitorul.
Local emergencies commissions are to gauge the extent of the done damage.
