Bulgaria’s floods death toll rises to 4
2023.09.06 15:34
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© Reuters. A man looks at a damaged camping trailer, washed away to the shore following severe flooding in Tsarevo, on the Black Sea coast, Bulgaria, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
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SOFIA (Reuters) – Two bodies more were recovered in Bulgaria’s Black Sea (NYSE:) coastal area on Wednesday, bringing to four the death toll from floods triggered by torrential rains, Bulgarian News Agency BTA reported.
The bodies of a local judge, her daughter — a veterinarian –, and a man were found in a submerged car that was washed away from a bridge into the sea when the river overflowed, regional police chief Emil Pavlov told journalists in Tsarevo.
The fourth victim was a man who was also swept away as he was attempting to cross the same bridge on foot, Pavlov said.
It was not immediately clear whose bodies were recovered on Wednesday.
A state of emergency was declared in Tsarevo municipality on Tuesday.
At a nearby Black Sea tourist resort on Arapya beach, cars and caravans were washed away by torrential rain and strong winds.
“For about 20 hours, it was pouring rain with a headwind, non stop – that was the reason why the river overflowed and caused all this damage. It swept cars and car trailers into the sea,” local resident Doctor Plamen Petrov told Reuters TV.
