Life Bulgaria after the heavy rainfall published on 1/13/21 2:21 PM
Photo: BGNES
Flooded streets, yards and houses, villages and neighbourhoods cut off by land- and mudslides – this is what Bulgaria looks like 24 hours after the severe rainfall. Fortunately no loss of life has been reported. Weather conditions have now calmed down and steps are being taken to bring the situation back to normal.
In the region of Blagoevgrad , southwestern Bulgaria, the rain has stopped but temperatures have plummeted and there is a strong wind, and in many places the wet road surfaces have turned to ice, BNR’s correspondent Keti Trencheva reports. But before that happened the severe rainfall, in combination with high temperatures and snowmelt, spelled trouble for people and institutions. Bridges washed away and houses flooded are just two elements of the big picture. There is severe damage along the River Mesta. For close to 6 hours a landslide cut off the