| Event: | FF Flash Flood |
| Number: | 2015-000115 |
| Country: | MKD Macedonia |
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| Date (YMD): | 2015-8-3 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC |
| Comments: | The heavy rainfall affected the western part of Macedonia in the late evening hours on 3 August 2015. The heavy rain resulted with overflow of the water from River Pena in the city of Tetovo. The heavy rains were disastrous for the mountain villages of Shipkovica (2,826 residents), Dzepciste (4,051 residents), Mala Rechica (8,353 residents), Golema Rechica (1,659 residents) and Poroj (2,677 residents) and the city of Tetovo (65,000 residents).
The mountain villages were affected also by landslides caused by the heavy rain. On basis of the data obtained from the conducted assessment, that approximately 5,000 people in the region were somehow affected by the impact of the flash flood and mud slides |
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