2023-09-26 02:32:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been able to make contact with the last Dutch people in Slovenia who might not be reached following the storm in the country. Friends and family had called for help because they might not get hold of these people. The acute problems for Dutch people in the affected area appear to have been resolved.
Most of the affected Dutch people have been accommodated in a school in Rečica ob Savinji, a village northeast of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. Most of them have already left for home. As previously announced, more than ninety Dutch people in the area will be evacuated by bus on Sunday.
ACSI Kampeerreizen has regarding two hundred camping guests in the area. They are all safe, the organization assured once more on Sunday. The same applies to the seventeen guests that TUI Nederland has there.
Embassy staff in the area assessed the extensive damage caused by the heavy rains and flooding. At campsites they saw caravans upside down. Slovenia is a popular holiday destination for Dutch people.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not have a precise picture of the number of Dutch people in Slovenia. It is an EU member state to which Dutch people can travel without border controls. Not everyone follows the advice to report to the embassy via an app that they are in the country.
Four people died due to the storm in Slovenia, including two Dutch people from Gouda. On Saturday evening, a dam broke in the east of the country, following which people had to be evacuated.
The emergency services in Slovenia still have their hands full on Sunday dealing with the consequences of the severe weather. Rescue workers had to respond on the night from Saturday to Sunday to pump out water, evacuate people, remove fallen trees and deliver emergency supplies.
According to Slovenian media, there are also warnings regarding possible landslides. Because of that risk, at least 110 people had to be brought to safety at Koroška Bela and elsewhere in the border area with Austria. In the town of Dolnja Bistrica, regarding five hundred residents were evacuated on Saturday evening following a dam burst. (AP)
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