VIDEO | “Help, it even smells!” Water gushes from a drain straight into a home in Pärnu
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- Heavy rainfall overwhelmed Pärnu’s sewer system, sending water through a drain into at least one home.
- Flooded streets also caused cars to lose their license plates.
“Help, it even smells!” a woman says as water gushes from a drain directly into a home in Pärnu.
She shared a video on social media showing what was happening inside her house as heavy rain battered the Estonian city. “It keeps coming up from the ground like a spring,” she says.
Help, it even smells!
A large amount of rain fell in Pärnu overnight from Thursday into Friday. The city’s sewer system could not handle the volume, leaving streets submerged and making life difficult for residents. Cars driving through the flooded streets even lost their license plates.
It keeps coming up from the ground like a spring.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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