Showing posts with label Bulgaria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bulgaria. Show all posts

Friday, 24 July 2015

Wildfires

Wildfires - Bulgaria

A state of emergency has been declared due to raging wildfire in the Harmanli municipality in southern Bulgaria on Thursday. The wildfire has affected Mladinovo, Dripchevo, Oryahovo and Izvorovo villages. Hundreds of firemen are working to control the blaze.

Wildfires - Calirofrnia

More than 500 firefighters and multiple helicopters and planes are battling the 6,900-acre Wragg Fire near Lake Berryessa in Napa County.

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Storms and Floods

Flooding in Central Bulgaria


The Danube River in Bulgaria has reached critically high level.


Code yellow has been declared for dangerous weather over the whole of Bulgarian.


Emergency situation is still effective in Gabrovo, and the towns of Dryanovo and Tryavna.


Severe Storms in the United States


A tornado in Rutherford County in Tennessee destroyed several mobile houses.


Lightning caused fire on the roof of Fairview Middle School in Franklin but it didn't harm students.


Large hail stones injured two people in Mississippi.


Lightning Strike - New York City.


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Snowstorms in Quebec, Canada


Heavy snowstorms have hit Quebec and the Maritimes in Canada.


More than 50 schools are closed due to severe weather in Quebec.


Other News:


A tornado hit Hunan Province in China early Wednesday and has claimed three lives and injured thirty others.


Death toll from landslide north of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has risen to 24.


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Floods in Leicestershire, England continue after heavy rains with many roads remaining closed.

Friday, 15 March 2013

Storms and Floods

Landslide on the Azores


A landslide in the village of Faial da Terra on Sao Miguel Island (Azores Islands) has claimed two lives and destroyed three houses.


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Windstorm in Bulgaria


A strong windstorm with wind speed over 120 km\h hit the Gabrovo region of Bulgaria. A 20-year-old woman died in hospital after she was hit by scaffolding swept away by the wind.


State of emergency has been declared in Gabrovo district of Bulgaria. Train services between Tryavna-Plachkovtsi have been suspended.


Tropical Cyclone Tim is churning the Coral Sea but is no threat to land at present.


Heavy rain floods Nova Scotia roads and basements.

Saturday, 15 December 2012

Storms and Floods

Flooding in Dublin and Cork City, Ireland


-The Irish Coast Guard and Met Éireann have issued a weather alert for Dublin and Cork City of Ireland. Met Éireann warns of very high tides and 25mm of rainfall.


-Flooding expected in low-lying areas of Cork city, in parts of Kilkenny city and on the Gorey to Wexford Road.


-High tides have already caused flooding in Clontarf. Dublin City Council have a stock of sandbags for use in Sandymount and Clontarf. Coastal towns in the county including in Cobh, Bantry and Youghal are also flooded.


Flooding in Long Beach, California


-High tides caused flooding in Long Beach, California


-King tides occurs several times in a year when the Earth, moon and sun align in a way that increases gravitational pull on the Earth’s oceans, raising water levels several feet above normal high tides.


Tropical Cyclone Evan


-As of 12:00 UTC, TC Evan was located 585 nm east-northeast of Nadi, Fiji.


-Cyclone Evan is expected to hit Fiji on Sunday and is forecast to intensify into a category four or five storm.


Tornado in Cromwell, New Zealand


-Tornado destroyed several houses in Cromwell in Central Otago.


-No injury reported.


Cold wave in Bulgaria


-Severe Cold killed three people in Bulgaria. Bodies were found in Dupnitsa and Kyustendil in southwestern Bulgaria.


-Code orange alert is issued in the western Kyustendil and Pernik region of Bulgaria. A more moderate code yellow has been declared for 15 regions


– Blagoevgrad, Sofia, Sofia City, Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Ruse, Targovishte, Razgrad, Shumen and Silistra.


-In western Bulgaria, the temperature is expected to fall to minus 22C.

Monday, 22 October 2012

Wildfires

Two separate blazes combined into the one raging inferno in the Macleay River region in New South Wales, Australia on Sunday. The blaze, which has been burning since Friday, has destroyed more than 28,000 hectares. An out-of-control bushfire is burning near the Bargo State Forest, with the owners of adjacent properties on alert and firefighting reinforcements travelling to the area 100 kilometres south of Sydney. A severe thunderstorm has sparked a dozen bush and grass fires in New South Wales' far west, and another out of control blaze has begun near Brewarrina, in the state's northwest


Firefighters keep on battling a wildfire Bulgaria in the Rhodope mountains and another one in the Vitosha mountains.

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Wildfires

Wildfires that started burning in the forests and bog lands of eastern Russia at the beginning of June 2012 are still burning unabated.


Wildfires burn across Bulgaria. The State is unable to handle with large extent of the fires and has asked for international help.


Villagers and firefighters throughout southern Bosnia are wrestling with devastating wildfires in a region that has seen record high temperatures and no rain for over two months.

Sunday, 15 July 2012

Earthquakes

More Earthquakes hit the Kuril islands. This time, 5.0 and 5.3 magnitude.

5.6 Earthquake hits the India-Myanmar border region.

4.2 Earthquake hits Bulgaria.

 

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Earthquakes

6.4 Earthquake hits off the east coast of Honshu Japan.

5.8 Earthquake hits Bulgaria.

5.1 Earthquake hits the Molucca Sea.