benedikt potonik resides in this beautiful hilly region, which is picturesque but also disaster-prone. homes swallowed up by rivers, crossings crushed by water. slovenian carpenter benedikt potonik doesn't know when or how he'll ever work again after flash floods hit 2 3 of his country. the water broke down this door and flooded the entire workshop. all of my carpentry machinery was inside and all of it is destroyed now. we spent thirty years of our lives building this in two hours, it was all gone. days on, dirt, debris and sludge coat the cut-off town of rna na koroskem benedikt takes us inside his family home. there's no running water, no power. the flood water came all way up to here. it was everywhere. now we have the firefighters - they're doing a really amazing job. others are also pitching in. neighbours drain mud by the bucketload. while soldiers homes out of the rubble. it's horrifying how powerful nature can be. we're happy we can do our duty. that's all that matters and all we can do. the force of nature is on full display here but far from the floodzone frontlines, the fo

benedikt potonik resides in this beautiful hilly region, which is picturesque but also disaster-prone. homes swallowed up by rivers, crossings crushed by water. slovenian carpenter benedikt potonik doesn't know when or how he'll ever work again after flash floods hit 2 3 of his country. the water broke down this door and flooded the entire workshop. all of my carpentry machinery was inside and all of it is destroyed now. we spent thirty years of our lives building this in two hours, it was all gone. days on, dirt, debris and sludge coat the cut-off town of rna na koroskem benedikt takes us inside his family home. there's no running water, no power. the flood water came all way up to here. it was everywhere. now we have the firefighters - they're doing a really amazing job. others are also pitching in. neighbours drain mud by the bucketload. while soldiers homes out of the rubble. it's horrifying how powerful nature can be. we're happy we can do our duty. that's all that matters and all we can do. the force of nature is on full display here but far from the floodzone frontlines, the fo