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EU approves 33 million USD to repair flood damage in Bavaria

Xinhua, December 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday approved 31.5 million euros (33.48 million U.S. dollars) in European Union (EU) aid to repair flood damage in Bavaria.

The aid is intended to help restore essential infrastructure, reimburse the cost of emergency measures and cover the costs of some of the clean-up operations.

In May and June 2016, the region of Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) in Germany suffered heavy rainfall, causing rivers to burst their banks and flooding in several villages. The disaster resulted in damage to public infrastructure and buildings, private homes, businesses and farmland.

The total amount of direct damage is estimated by the German authorities to be 1,259 million euros (1,338 million dollars). Endit