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Bulgaria and Romania – Homes Damaged and Roads Closed as
Rivers Overflow

29 JUNE, 2018 BY RICHARD DAVIES IN EUROPE, NEWS     

Homes have been flooded and several roads and bridges closed after heavy rain caused rivers to overflow in
Bulgaria and Romania.

Bulgaria
Officials in Bulgaria reported earlier today that the provinces of Plovdiv, Pazardjik, Sofia, Smolyan, Bourgas
have all been affected. Officials added that, between 28 and 29 June, emergency services responded to 146
calls for assistance due to flooding and storm damage.
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In Plovdiv Province evacuation orders were issued for residents living along the Chaya River in Sadovo Damage Restoration
Municipality, after river embankments had been breached in two locations. Over 50 houses have been flooded Elevation Certificates
in the province and the road between Plovdiv and Haskovo is closed. Flood Risk Assessment
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Over 30 homes were flooded in Smolyan province, where a state of emergency was declared in Chepelare
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and in the municipality of Smolyan where the Cherna River has overflowed.
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Around 26 homes were flooded or damaged by the storm in Pazardzhik province and 24 in Bourgas province.
Homes and roads were damaged in Varna, Bourgas province, earlier this month after 71.5 mm of rain fell in COPERNICUS
24 hours between 04 and early 05 June.

In Sofia Province, a small number of evacuations were carried out in villages near Etropole, where around 7
houses were damaged.

Bulgaria’s National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology has warned of further heavy rain and flooding

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Flash flood warnings in Bulgaria, 28 June 2018. Image: National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology

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Rainfall in Bulgaria, 27 to 28 June, 2018. Image: National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology

Romania
Flood and heavy rain warnings were issued in Romania, prompting the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to
mobilize emergency teams across the country, including 12,000 police and gendarme officers, 3,200
firefighters and over 6,600 technical staff.

Flooding was reported in north eastern areas, in particular in the counties of Iași and Bacău. MIA reports that
between 28 and 29 June around 400 homes have been flooded and around 15 roads and bridges damaged
or closed. Local media said that 20 households in Trifesti, Iași County, were evacuated by military firefighters.

The Prime Minister has called for damage assessments to be carried out as soon as the severe weather has
passed so the Government can put in place concrete measures to help the population and affected
communities.

Flooding in Bacau county, Romania, 28 June 2018. Photo: ISU Bacau

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Flooding in Bacau county, Romania, 28 June 2018. Photo: ISU Bacau

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Flooding in Bacau county, Romania, 28 June 2018. Photo: ISU Bacau

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Flood Summary Last updated: July 3, 2018

Event
Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine, June 2018

Date
June 27 to July 2, 2018

Type
Flash flood

Cause
Extreme rainfall

Storms and heavy rain affected parts of Bulgaria from 27 June, then Romania and Ukraine. On 30 June, Romania Ministry
of the Interior reported that flooding was reported in Alba, Arges, Bacau, Botosani, Brasov, Brăila, Buzău, Covasna,
Hunedoara, Harghita, Iasi, Neamţ, Prahova, Sibiu, Teleorman, Vâlcea and Vrancea. The road link between the towns of
Chiliile and Cănesti, Buzău County, was blocked, leaving 400 people isolated. Ukraine's Ministry of the Interior reported
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Locations 

I H
D

Map data ©2018 100 km 

GeoBasis-DE/BKG (©2009), Google
C
A - Sadovo (Bulgaria)
B - Smolyan (Bulgaria)
C - Etropole (Bulgaria)
D - Trifesti, Iași County (Romania)
E - Bacău (Romania)
F - Neamt (Romania)
G - Covasna (Romania)
H - Botosani (Romania)
I - Suceava (Romania)
J - Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
K - Lugansk (Ukraine)
L - Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)
M - Chernihiv (Ukraine)

Magnitude 

Rainfall level
58.1 mm in 24 hours
Mourgash, Bulgaria - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Rainfall level
53 mm in 24 hours
Mussala, Bulgaria - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Rainfall level
60 mm in 24 hours
Botosani, Romania - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Rainfall level
66.8 mm in 24 hours
Iasi, Romania - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Rainfall level
52.6 mm in 24 hours
Bucuresti Inmh-Banesa, Romania - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Rainfall level
51 mm in 24 hours
Rosiori De Vede, Romania - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Rainfall level
53 mm in 24 hours
Rimnicu Valcea, Romania - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Rainfall level
83 mm in 24 hours
Korca, Albania - June 28 to June 29, 2018

Damages 

Buildings damaged
140 buildings
Bulgaria - June 27 to June 29, 2018
estimated figure based on reports from emergency services

Buildings damaged
400 buildings
Romania - June 27 to June 29, 2018
according to reports from MIA Romania

Evacuated
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400 people in Neamt county, 263 in Covasna county and the rest in Bacau, Botosani and Suceava county

Fatalities
4 people
Romania - June 27 to July 1, 2018
According to media reports

Buildings damaged
200 buildings
Ukraine - June 28 to July 3, 2018
According to media reports

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