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The central authorities, prefects and majors from the calamity-stricken regions requested for help and units and sub-units of the Ministry of National Defence intervened in the last days for limiting the effects of the floods.
Thus about 600 military and the equipment specific for each of the situations acted day and night for helping the victims of calamity.
The Operational Center for Military Leading from the General Staff of the Romanian Armed Forces permanently is monitoring the situation all over the country and is in touch with the operative groups established at central and local level for helping the victims of calamity and removing the effects of the flood.
Ioan Mircea Pascu, minister of National Defence and General Mihail Popescu, chief of the Romanian General Staff ordered the commanders to support the authorities requesting the support till the situation will come to the normal.
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