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Bulgaria:Flood:2005/07/04
Duration2005/07/04 At least 10 people were killed and two were missing as storms and floods hit large areas of the eastern Balkans, leaving thousands of people stranded.
Country or DistrictBulgaria
NameFlood

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Personal Injury Material Damage Others
OCHA Situation Report No. 1 2005/07/21


- Flooding of 48,425 residential and public buildings;
- Destruction of 62 bridges;
- Damage to 23 bridge constructions;
- Damage to 36 water-supply pipes;
- Activation of 68 landslides;
- Collapse of 126 support walls;
- Damage of 113 gutters;
- Damage to 7 pump stations;
- Breaches in 3 dam walls;
- Breaches in 28 dikes.


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  • Reuters 2005/08/04
    Heavy storms and floods this summer have killed 17 people and caused 393 million levs ($248 million) of damage in Bulgaria, the Black Sea country's government said on Thursday.
    From May to July, most of the victims were killed by lightning or drowned in swollen rivers and lakes as fierce storms swept the Balkan region.
  • OCHA Situation Report No. 1 2005/07/21
    Ground floors and basements of residential and agricultural buildings have been flooded. Road traffic and railway transport are seriously affected as well as telephone lines, electricity and water supply systems. Landslide activation, undermining of the basis of bridges, and damage of roads occurred in many places as masses of mud and rocks accumulated on roads and railways.
  • BBC News　2005/07/04
    Violent storms and heavy rains have battered parts of Bulgaria and Romania, killing at least 10 people.
  • NEWS24.com2005/07/04
    Hundreds of people were evacuated across Bulgaria's worst-hit regions of Veliko Tarnovo, Targovishte, Stara Zagora and Shumen.
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