Municipalities of Bulgaria

At today's press conference held in the Council of Ministers, Energy Minister Rumen Radev revealed that 126 settlements across Bulgaria continue to grapple with electricity supply issues amidst the country's challenging weather conditions. Minister Radev emphasized the dynamic nature of the situation and presented data as of 11:00 a.m., indicating persistent problems with power supply.

All main roads in the direction of Ruse from Veliko Tarnovo, Silistra and Razgrad are closed.

A large part of the settlements in the region are without electricity.

Due to the high winds last night and the wet snow that is still falling, there are many downed wires.

Bulgaria faces significant challenges due to heavy snowfall, according to the Interior Ministry's latest update on Sunday at 11:30 am. Fire Safety and Civil Protection units, with 264 personnel and 83 pieces of equipment, are working on 80 incidents caused by the weather.

On the day of Unification, Bulgaria is united by the tragedy that befell the people of the Southern Black Sea coast. Today is a day of mourning in Tsarevo. The waters took three victims, one person is still being searched for. After the water hell - destroyed roads, flooded houses and hotels, problems with power supply. Tsarevo Municipality is recruiting volunteers.

UPDATED: Two people died in the floods in Tsarevo, the Ministry of the Interior announced. This was confirmed by the mayor of the city, Georgi Lapchev.

Another person is missing and is being sought by emergency services.

There are three active outbreaks of fires in Haskovo province, where a state of emergency was declared yesterday, regional governor Krasimir Angelov announced at a briefing this morning, BTA reports. Yesterday, fires were burning in almost all municipalities of the province, 8 in total.

Fire risk remains high due to dangerously hot weather today and in the coming days.

On this occasion, the fire department in Haskovo sent a warning to all mayors - to inform farmers to refrain from cleaning pastures, meadows and forest areas, and house owners - not to light fires in the open air.

A 6-year-old child shot himself with a gun in the Vidin village of Ruzhintsi, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs-Vidin.

A code orange for dangerous weather with heavy rainfall is in effect today for 15 areas of Bulgaria. This shows a reference on the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.

These are Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Lovech, Sofia region, Sofia city, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Smolyan, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv and Stara Zagora.

An accident between a truck and a car with Romanian registration closed the Ruse-Byala road in the "Dve Mogili" area.