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Bulgaria: Flood: 2005/08/06
Period | 2005/08/06 |
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Country or District | Bulgaria |
Event Type | Flood |
Outline | Three Bulgarians died on Saturday and over 5,000 people fled their homes as severe floods devastated the Balkan country, destroying roads and cutting off remote villages, officials said. |
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Reuters AlertNet 2005/08/06
Police declared a state of disaster and evacuated over 5,000 people since Friday in south and west Bulgaria, where water levels have reached more than 1.5 metres above normal, officials said.