Event: | FL Flood |
Number: | 2005-000098 |
Country: | BGR Bulgaria |
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Date (YMD): | 2005-6-20 |
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Information Source: | IFRC Minor Emergency Report |
Comments: | As a result of heavy rains and storms at the end of May and beginning of June (25 May to 10 June), nine regions in the north of Bulgaria ? with a population of some two million people - have been affected. Three persons have been reported dead. A state of emergency was declared in the municipalities of Rousse, Dve Mogili, Lukovit, Pravec, Mezdra, Roman, Svoge and in Sofia. As the water levels of the Iskar, Vit, Osam, and Struma rivers rose rapidly and dam capacity in the region reached a critical point, authorities initiated controlled draining of the Studena, Jovkovci, Aleksandar Stamboliiski dams, resulting in infrastructure damage to roads, railways, electro and water supply systems and telecommunications, as well as to personal property (flooded basements, houses and farms). |
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