"There is a lot of damage for grain cultures. A third of the winter crops (are flooded). All the equipment is taking part in the clean up. Work on spring sowing has been delayed," the head of Zakarpatia's agricultural department Andry Byhary said.

According to Byhary, at the moment it is difficult for specialists to determine the total amount of damage to the agricultural sector because most of the crops are under water.

"We don't know (the amount of damage). Water is covering the fields," he said.

The preliminary damage estimate for the agricultural sector in the region is Hr 12 million.

A total of 37 thousand hectares or 10 percent of all agricultural land parcels in the region have been flooded by water.

Byhary said that farmers plan to re-sow the destroyed winter oat, barley and corn crops and obtain 45 thousand hectares of spring grains this year.

The Agricultural Policy Ministry has decided to provide Hr 5 million and 1,200 tons of spring-crop seed to the Zakarpatia region to enable it to re-sow the winter crops that have been damaged by the flooding.

Many villages were flooded in the Zarkapatia region between March 3-5.

As of Tuesday, more than 33,200 houses in 245 settlements were flooded and more than 12,000 people had been evacuated, the Emergency Situations Ministry said, according to an AP report.

The flooding began after melting snow and heavy rains caused the Tisza River to overflow, affecting Ukraine, Hungary and Romania. Although water levels broke records, the floods caused less damage than major flooding in 1998 because dikes had been improved in the interim.

Six people have been reported killed by the flooding over the three-day period, Interfax reported.