Albania's waste-choked rivers worsen deadly floods

Since early January, torrential downpours have left 14,000 hectares flooded, around 1,200 homes inundated and at least one person dead in Albania. Although floodwaters are falling in parts of the country, the force of the torrents has damaged dams and some areas remain underwater. But locals and the country's prime minister said the flow of waste into waterways exacerbated the problem, clogging already swollen rivers. -'Completely choked' - "This year it was a real disaster. The riverbed was completely choked with plastic waste...