Shortly before 5 p.m. the sky opens and it starts to rain heavily. The little creek of Mala Svinka almost two meters wide suddenly becomes a killing force. Its banks act like a funnel from which water flows to and from round hills. The wave of water and debris reach a height of almost six meters. The weight tears off masses of mud, stones, broken trees, houses and taking everything standing in its path.
People run in panic, but the disaster moves very quickly.
On our way we are met with ambulances, policemen, and soldiers. In the village of Svinia there is everything upside-down. Hundreds of gypsies of the local settlement sit in the park in front of school beneath the trees. They have no way to get back, flood took them everything away. We saved all our bare lives.