Mayor of flood-affected Tsarevo: Three people are said to be missing

Torrential rains on the Southern Black Sea coast flooded Tsarevo, Ahtopol, the village of Kosti, the camping sites of Arapya and Nestinarka on September 5. In some places, the rain has reached up to 250 litres per square metre per day. A crisis management headquarters has been established and is meeting in Tsarevo municipality. It is chaired by the mayor of the municipality Georgi Lapchev.

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Lapchev told BNT there was unconfirmed information about three missing people.

On the territory of Tsarevo municipality the rain continues to fall and does not stop. People in the village of Kosti have been evacuated as the Veleka river has overflown. The situation is the same in the village of Brodilovo, but there are no people in distress there. The mayor managed to move all the people, there are no casualties, explained Georgi Lapchev.

The worst situation is in Tsarevo municipality. There are collapsed bridges, there is a lot of damage throughout the municipality. Similar is the situation in Sinemorets, Varvara, Lozenets.

All those who needed to be evacuated have been evacuated. 60 people are in Lozenets town hall and the rest are in Tsarevo. They have shelter, water and food. There are no people in distress, Lapchev assured.

There are two dams that are overflowing, but the water level will be lowered through hydropumps in order to reduce the pressure on the dam walls, the mayor of Tsarevo explained.