Heavy rain in Shkodra, flooding and power outage in some areas

The high-intensity rainfall during 24 hours in the region of Shkodra has caused some problems. The Mosel-Reç and Muçaj-Reç axes in the Shkrel administrative unit of the Great Highlands are blocked and impassable for vehicles, making it impossible to transport students to school In the Kastrat unit, roads are blocked in the villages of Hot and Vukpalaj.

In the other units there is water flooding on the road, waste and inert, but they are passable. The area of ​​Vermoshi and several other villages remained without electricity.

Meanwhile, in the municipality of Vaut de Deja, two roads are blocked in the Vig Mnele unit in the neighborhood (Bashaj and Simqeq), for which work is being done to open them. 3 mountain ambushes were also damaged in this unit./abcnews.al

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