Bulgaria: The Strong Winds Continue Today

And on Thursday it will remain very windy, on the northern slopes of the mountains with a particularly strong and gusty southerly wind. Cloudiness will be changeable, more significant over the mountains and in places, mainly on their southern sides, it will rain.

5 regions have a red code for hurricane wind - Montana, Vratsa, Lovech, Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo. There will be a stormy, gusty southerly wind with gusts in the southern parts of the regions 30-35 m/s. 11 teams have been mobilized in the capital, there have already been reports of fallen branches and trees. There are no reports of casualties. Firefighters responded to another 9 calls last night. Three of them for trees, and six for roof structures. All signals are mainly for the southern districts of the capital. As of 8:00 a.m. there are already a total of 510 reports in Sofia, 125 of which are about fallen branches, sheet metal, trees, and billboards.

7 regions have an orange code again due to strong wind - Vidin, Sofia city, Sofia region, Targovishte, Razgrad, Haskovo, Kardjali. In these areas the wind will be gusting up to 29 m/s. In the rest of the country, a yellow code has been announced for strong winds with gusts of 19-24 m/s.

In the evening over the western parts it will become cloudy and it will rain, in the extreme north-western regions - intense rains are expected. Temperatures will remain high, the minimum will be between 9°C and 14°C, the maximum - between 16°C and 21°C, in areas with a strong wind slightly higher. In Sofia, minimum 10°C, maximum - about 18°C.

It will be very windy in the mountains. It will blow strong and stormy wind, in exposed parts and a hurricane wind from the south-southwest. The cloudiness will be variable, often significant and mainly in...