3 People Dead as Torrential Rains Battered Bourgas District

Three people have died after torrential rains on 24th of October triggered floodings in the South-East Bulgarian district of Bourgas. An elderly person from the village of Polski izvor has drowned...

Three people have died after torrential rains on 24th of October triggered floodings in the South-East Bulgarian district of Bourgas. An elderly person from the village of Polski izvor has drowned. The surge from the downpouring rain flooded the first floor of his house while he was asleep and could not get out.

His identity is not revealed. There are flooded streets, houses and road junctions. The road to Gorno Ezerovo is flooded.

The bodies of two women were found later, believed to have drowned as a result of the flooding.

“Partial state of emergency has been declared in 5 villages. Schools in two of the villages, Ravnets and Gorno Ezerovo, are closed because of the floods.There are two closed road sections between the village of Bratovo and Dolno Ezerovo and the village of Izvor. About 25 houses are flooded. Around 3:30 am on 24th of October, we evacuated people. In the neighbouring municipality of Kameno there are more serious flood damages. Over 60 l / sq. rain fell in a very short time,” Dimitar Nikolov, mayor of Bourgas said.

At 9 am, a signal was reported that Veleka river overflowed and flooded the village of Kosti. The square is flooded In Tsarevo municipality, the water level rises.

In Karnobat municipality, rescuers and firefighters have responded to nine flooded buildings.

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Torrential rainfall that hit the Bourgas district on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast has left three people dead, houses, streets and intersections flooded and caused a mudslide that temporarily blocked Trakiya Motorway. On October 25, a state of emergency was declared in Kameno municipality, while an emergency was declared in part of Bourgas municipality. The situation was also difficult in the municipalities of Karnobat and Sozopol, Bulgarian National Television said. A crisis headquarters has been set up to deal with the situation, which followed an earlier "Code Red" warning of dangerous weather because of heavy rainfall and high winds in the Bourgas district. Three of the dead drowned when their houses were suddenly inundated by floodwater. An elderly man in the village of Polski Izvor was on the ground floor of his house when a 1.5 metre wave of water hit it.The wave of water was part of a heavy torrent that began at about 4am. In less than an hour, more than 60 litres a square metre of water fell. Reports that the Troyanovo dam wall had been breached were not true, the management of the dam said. The situation was worst in Ravnets, Livada, Zhelyazkovo and Polski Izvor, where rescue teams were pumping water out of flooded houses and checking house-to-house whether there were people in need of assistance. Bourgas municipality was posting updates on its website on the state of roads in the region. The mudslide on Trakiya Motorway temporarily blocked the stretch of motorway about 260km from Sofia. Maintenance teams deployed at 3am to clear the road. On part of the motorway, traffic was diverted to a single lane on the morning of October 25. Police and the Road Infrastructure Agency urged motorists to drive with caution on the stretch of Trakiya Motorway affected by landslides.

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