2023-08-09 21:40:00
[앵커]
European countries are experiencing extreme weather this summer, including heat waves, forest fires, heavy rains and floods.
Northern and Central Europe are suffering from heavy rains and strong winds, while Southern Europe is suffering from heat waves and forest fires.
This is reporter Kim Tae-hyun’s report.
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The Norwegian province of Inlande has been plagued by heavy rains and strong winds over the past few days.
Many places collapsed or were flooded, and roads were closed.
At least 16 landslides and six floods have been reported in the state alone, and a hydroelectric power plant has also been shut down.
[마르쿠스 리하겐 / 노르웨이 인란데주 주민 : 아버지와 저는 산사태가 시작됐을 때 밖에 있었는데, 번개와 천둥이 쳐서 무서웠어요. 우리는 마구 달렸고, 우리 뒤로 바위 등이 굴러왔어요.]
Northern Europe, such as Norway and Sweden, and three Baltic countries, such as Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia, have suffered heavy rain damage one following another.
Earlier, in Hudiksvall, Sweden, a railway embankment collapsed due to heavy rain, derailing a train carrying regarding 120 people.
In the second half of last week, heavy rain poured down in Slovenia and other parts of Central Europe.
Slovenia suffered the worst flooding since gaining independence from Yugoslavia (1991), and the European Union has decided to provide emergency funding.
[우르줄라 폰 데어 라이엔 / 유럽연합(EU) 집행위원장 : 비와 홍수, 산사태로 인한 심각한 피해 상황을 보고 가슴이 아팠습니다. 희생자들과 아픔을 함께 합니다.]
On the other hand, Southern Europe suffers from severe heat waves and forest fires.
In the Odemira region in southern Portugal, 15,000 hectares have been destroyed by forest fires that have continued for more than five days.
Additional wildfire damage is feared in Portugal and Spain, where daytime temperatures exceed 40 degrees every day.
This is YTN Kim Tae-hyun.
Video editing; Kim Ji-yeon
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