Deluge

New manifolds are built according to the norms established in the 70s, the chief engineer of Minskinzhproject told Euroradio.

Traffic was blocked for over an hour in Minsk.

Traffic is blocked in many places.

Minsk's drainage system gives up to heavy rains.

The Rhine, Vltava and Steyr have burst their banks. Salzburg, Passau and many Czech, Austrian, German and Swiss villages have been flooded.