Meteorology

Hurricane Odile crashed into northwestern Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Sunday, taking down trees with powerful winds as thousands of tourists hunkered down in luxury hotels converted into shelters.

There are 535 areas at risk of flooding in Bulgaria, according to an analysis of the impact of the Rural Development Program on the environment published by the Agriculture Ministry.

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Heavy rain and storms were expected to hit parts of western Greece on Thursday, according to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service.

The agency noted that rain and storms were initially expected in the northern Ionian Sea and Epirus, before spreading to western parts of Central Greece and northwestern Peloponnese.

More than 30 people have been killed as a result of heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, officials said Thursday, as authorities warned more intense rainfall and flash floods could be imminent.
      
Most of the deaths came in roof collapses in buildings in Punjab, Pakistan's richest and most populous province, with 13 people killed in the provincial capital Lahore.
      

Torrential rains and gale force winds, thunderstorms and in some places hail, have hit the Balkans in the beginning of September, local media outlets reported, Tuesday.

Code Orange and Code Red warnings have been issued in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Croatia due to the potentially dangerous weather.

The freak mini-tornadoes that have recently been hitting Istanbul are possibly one result of the city’s rapid urbanization, according to leading climate change researchers in the United States.

Code Yellow has been issued throughout Bulgaria due to the high temperatures expected to range between 33 C and 38 C, Thursday.

The thermometers in Sofia will show 34 C, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology reports.

Weather in the mountains will be sunny and warm with maximum temperatures of 27 C at 1200 m, and at 2000 – about 21 C.

The National Weather Administration (ANM) on Wednesday issued code yellow of scorching heat warning valid for all counties on Aug. 13-14.

In addition, temperatures will move as high as 35 to 37 degrees Celsius, even 38 degrees in some areas, while the temperature-to-humidity index will exceed the critical threshold of 80.

The heatwave over Bulgaria will last till the weekend when a cold front would cool off the air, reports the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology. 

The cold snap will be brief, but temperatures will drop by around 10 degrees. Next Monday the heat will return.

Rupturing in the walls of two dams in the northwestern Vratsa district caused the deadly flooding in the town of Mizia in early August.

The findings of experts were reported by the municipal administration in the flood-stricken town, according to private TV station bTV.