Slovenia has sought help from the EU and NATO after a weekend of severe and fatal flash floods that regarded as the country's worst floods ever, reports Deutsche Welle.
Thousands of people had to evacuate their homes and many were moved by rescue teams to safer locations through helicopters and boats.
The extreme weather that powered through on Friday started to ease on Saturday and authorities began assessing the extent of damage.
Slovenia asked on Sunday for technical aid from the European Union and the NATO military alliance to help with repairing the damage caused by the floods.
The country urged the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to provide it with 30 elevators and 30 special vehicles to regulate watercourses. It also called for dispatching engineering team to man the equipment.
Slovenia also asked the EU and NATO for 30 prefabricated bridges of up to 40 meters each. NATO was also requested to provide five heavy military helicopters with at least five tons of load capacity, and 200 soldiers for protection, rescue and relief tasks.
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