Disaster affected areas became three Croatian counties

At Monday’s meeting, the Croatian government declared Sisak-Moslovacka counties and parts of Zagreb and Karlovac counties affected by a natural disaster due to two stronger earthquakes last week, the Croatian government said. Andrej Plenkovic goverment’s head. To mitigate the damage, a crisis team was created, led by Tome Medved Defense minister has been appointed, the MTI reported.

There is a new crisis, so a new crisis team had to be formed to deal with the damage and reconstruction caused by the earthquake, the head of government stressed, adding that in the event of another disaster, a fire or something else leading another crisis team. Davor bozinovic Minister of the Interior.

Last Monday and Tuesday, a magnitude of 5.2 and 6.3 magnitudes in central Croatia, respectively, have seven deaths and 28 injuries, and there are aftershocks in progress. At the moment, only estimates of the extent of the damage are available. Ivo ZinicThe Sziszek-Monoszló county chief told reporters on Monday: almost 3,000 buildings were rendered uninhabitable. The earthquake severely damaged four cities in the county with a population of 116,000: Sisek, Petrinja, Glinan and Hrvatska Kostajnica, as well as several districts. The damage affects fifty thousand inhabitants.

So far 14,171 reports of material damage have been received, of which 4,194 buildings have been inspected by experts. Of that, a thousand are temporarily and 800 are completely unusable, the foreman said. However, he added that hundreds of agricultural buildings, 11 schools and almost all churches in the earthquake-affected area were damaged, five of which completely collapsed.

The biggest problem is housing 500 families and their number continues to grow. So far, two hundred residential containers have arrived in the county, but at least a thousand of them would be needed.

Stjepan kozicThe Zagreb county mayor said: more than a thousand properties were damaged by the earthquake in Zapresic, Velika Gorica, Ivanic Grad and Jastrebarsko, as well as in various districts. In Zapresic, three housing blocks had to be evacuated. All 81 families stayed at a nearby hotel, but many sought accommodation with family and friends. The city’s court building, People’s College and St. Peter’s Church were also damaged. The earthquake damaged 300 buildings in Charles Town County.