At least three people lost their lives after the torrential rains that hit its Black Sea coast yesterday Bulgaria. As announced today by the authorities and relayed by APE-MPE, one A 61-year-old builder drownedwhile the body of a man was spotted today by drone and collected.
Also, a woman was swept into the seabut it is not yet known if it is included in the two persons listed as missing, while two women – the president of the local court and her daughter – are being searched for, as their car was swept away by the river waters while crossing a collapsed bridge.
Weather conditions suddenly worsened yesterday, causing panic among thousands of tourists spending a long weekend on the Black Sea coast. The city of Tsarevo, which was severely affected by the bad weather, declared a day of mourning.
Blocked roads, overturned cars and caravans, flooded campsites: all along the coast to the border with Turkey, residents and volunteers are scrambling to clear carry-on materials and debris. “In a 24-hour period, a volume of rain corresponding to several months fell. It has been happening since 1994,” said a spokesman for the rescue services. “Approximately 4,000 people have been affected,” said Tourism Minister Zaritsa Dinkova, who arrived on the scene and found that there were difficulties in removing them.
Although flooding on the Black Sea coast is rare, the phenomenon is becoming more frequent in Bulgaria due to climate deregulation. In this context, the Minister of the Environment, Julian Popov, issued a warning about the dangers arising “from the poor condition of the infrastructure and the large number of buildings on the coasts”.
Source: News Beast
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