Floods in Albania

Three weeks of heavy rainfall and recent snow melt caused flooding in the northwestern regions of Albania in December 2010. More than 12,000 people have been moved from their homes. The situation around the town of Shkoder is described as critical, with 2500 homes and 14,000 hectares of agricultural land under water. ZKI provides Reference and Flood Maps in the framework of the GMES Emergency Response project SAFER with funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme.