At least four people were killed and more than 50 injured when a bus overturned in eastern Romania today, authorities said.

Thousands of Romanians who fled areas flooded by the Danube River are now facing crowded conditions in tent communities and dwindling food supplies, residents and volunteers told reporters.

THE Danube river broke through flood defences in southeastern Europe yesterday, driving thousands of people from their homes along its banks in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria, officials said.

Two orphans died and five people were injured after a fire broke out in a sewer they had sheltered in to keep warm, Romanian police said today.