GENEVA (AP) - About 60,000 flood victims in Ukraine and Moldova urgently need food and clean water, the international Red Cross said Wednesday.
Heavy rains and floods two weeks ago left more than 30 people dead, dozens missing and forced 30,000 to flee their homes in the two eastern European countries, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.
"These are the worst floods in two centuries," said Joe Lowry, the agency's representative for the region.
"People are in desperate straits, food is urgently needed as well as clean water. Many people have lost crops, gardens, livestock, poultry as well as their food reserves."
In western Ukraine, some 40,000 houses were flooded, and more than 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of croplands and nearly 700 kilometers of roads were severely damaged, the federation said.
Large tracts of farmland in neighboring Moldova have also been submerged.
