„VIITURA VINE PE MUREȘˮ. INUNDAȚIILE DIN JUDEȚUL TIMIȘ DIN PRIMĂVARA ANULUI 1970
1 Ianuarie 2022
Cuvinte cheie:
evacuations
floods
Mures
lupta cu apele
inundatii
1970
Timiş
județul Timiș
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Abstract
In the spring of 1970, severe floods affected most regions of Romania, causing loss of human lifes and significant material damage, especially in the agricultural sector.
The floods also covered Timiș county, starting from the second part of May, but they were not as severe as in other areas. The greatest danger was caused by the waters of Mureș, putting the localities around Cenad at risk.
The authorities took strong defense actions, being mobilized soldiers, members of the Patriotic Guards, locals, specialists from various fields, who fought days and nights in a row, most of the time in endless rains, with the unleashed elements of nature, building and strengthening dikes or trying to stop water infiltration into the dikes. These measures prevented devastating floods.
There also took place the evacuation of the population, animals, and material goods from the localities threatened by the raging waters. The gestures of solidarity that the residents of the unaffected areas made towards the victims during those difficult days must be emphasized.
The heavy rains, the melting of the snow in the mountain area led to the increase in the flows of the other important rivers that cross the county: Bega, Timiș, Bârzava, etc., which reached or exceeded the flood levels.
Despite people's efforts, floods also occurred in places where there were no dikes, due to infiltration or on the lands located between the bank of the rivers and the dikes, affecting houses (some collapsed), fields with agricultural crops, etc. Fortunately, no one lost their life in the county. The material destruction, the panic of that dark month of May 1970, remained however.
