EU Civil Protection Exercise: EU TARANIS 2013 (2013-06-21)

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Activation date: 2013-06-21 <br>
Event type: Flood <br>
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Activation reason: <br>
An EU civil protection exercise, EU TARANIS 2013, held in Salzburg, Austria, was completed on Saturday 29 June. The cooperation within and among the civil protection teams from Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Germany was tested during this three day drill. According to the scenario, Austria was hit by heavy rains and the consequent flooding greatly damaged the infrastructure. This triggered road, train and plane accidents, some of which involved chemical spills. <br>
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