KLADOVO

KLADOVO - The Djerdap 1 hydropower plant near Kladovo, eastern Serbia, produced 557 million kWh of electricity in September, which is a record figure in terms of electricity production in the 42 years' long history of the plant.

The production plan was exceeded by as many as 120 percent, since 557 million kWh have been produced instead of the planned 253 million kWh.

TEKIJA - All houses will be repaired or rebuilt and the government and Armed Forces will always be with their people, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said in Tekija, adding that he came there to encourage the locals after the recent floods that hit the area and to tell them that the government will do everything it can to bring life there back to normal.

President tours flooded village, urges solidarity

KLADOVO -- President Tomislav Nikolić on Friday delivered humanitarian aid to the flood-hit population in the village of Grabovica near Kladovo, eastern Serbia.

He noted that drainage pumps are the most vital equipment at this point.

KLADOVO - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic delivered humanitarian aid to the flood-hit population in the village of Grabovica near Kladovo, noting that drainage pumps are the most vital equipment at this point.

KLADOVO - About 500 people who were almost impossible to reach by land have been evacuated from Tekija and other villages in the municipality of Kladovo, eastern Serbia, where rain is still falling, and the situation is most serious is in the village of Grabovac, Belgrade-based B92 media house reports.

Danube power plants report problems, but maintain production

BELGRADE -- The Đerdap (Iron Gate) Hydroelectric Power Plants have exceeded production targets despite bad weather that caused them damage, the EPS said.

This cut production by 30 percent production at Đerdap 2 over the past 24 hours.

BELGRADE - The Djerdap Hydroelectric Power Plants has exceeded production targets despite bad weather causing damage to its plants, including a 30 percent production cut at Djerdap 2 over the past 24 hours.

A woman died in a village near the eastern Serbian town of Kladovo, while about 370 people have been evacuated from surrounding villages after torrential rain hit the area.

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BELGRADE - Serbian police evacuated around 370 people from the flood hit areas in the municipality of Kladovo, eastern Serbia, late on Monday.

Around 300 people were evacuated from Tekija, including a woman and her one-and-a-half months old baby, Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP) said in a release.

BELGRADE - Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds caused great damage to the Djerdap 1 hydroelectric power plant near the town of Kladovo in eastern Serbia during the night and early in the morning on Monday, but did not jeopardize the plant's operation, whose five units are generating a maximum power output, the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) said in a release.