Bulgaria: Situation in the Smolyan Region remains Difficult

Bulgaria: Disaster Situation in 3 Municipalities in Smolyan Region due to Torrential Rains

The situation in the Smolyan region is still tense. There is a lot of snow there at the moment.

Work is underway to remove landslides, there are fallen walls, said the mayor of Smolyan Nikolay Melemov. The roads to the villages of Gela and Shiroka Laka are accessible. There are no isolated settlements and people in need, but the damage is great, the mayor of Smolyan admitted.

The partial state of emergency in several settlements in the district remains in force. After the rains stopped, the rivers receded into their beds, but in the morning it rained lightly again, and in the high parts it snowed. There are still villages without road access and three without electricity, said Smolyan Deputy Governor Andrei Kadishev. Due to the great damage to the road infrastructure, traffic restrictions have been introduced on the national road network.

For now, the emergency situation in Nedelino remains in force. Even at the moment it is raining heavily there, unfortunately the situation is still complicated, there are isolated villages, Mayor Boyan Kehayov told Radio Plovdiv. The road from Nedelino to the regional center is flooded, the traffic is partially possible and is crossable, but there is flooding on the road. There is no place to drain the water, the river level is high, the mayor explained.

The Krayna pumping station is flooded. The facilities need to be dismantled and maintained, but there is still water supply for the settlements. The problem is that the reserves will be exhausted in a few days, and there is no other alternative for the supply of drinking water, explained the mayor of Nedelino. An additional complication is...