Albania declares state of emergency historic floods

Guardian: Albanian has declared a state of emergency after some of the worst floods the country has ever seen, which the country’s prime minister says have been exacerbated by past deforestation and soil erosion. Hundreds of families have been evacuated from flood zones in the country’s south, where heavy rains have again been forecast for Friday. “There are some critical hotspots where disasters can occur,” Albania’s prime minister Edi Rama told the Guardian at his office in Tirana. “We have had reasonable......

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