BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say at last one person has died and another is missing after heavy rain and flooding in western Romania.
Emergency situations spokeswoman Alina Balas says a 78-year-old woman was found dead after flooding destroyed her house in a village in Alba county.
In Cluj county, emergency situations chief Vasile Somlea says a 23-year-old man is missing and feared dead.
Hundreds of houses have been inundated by the flooding, which began Monday. Authorities have evacuated hundreds of people.
On Wednesday, authorities are on alert in parts of northern Romania as water levels rose in the Prut river on the border with Moldova.
