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SOFIA FACES WATER DISASTER

Wed, Jun 08 2005 02:00 CET

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Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski has announced a state of emergency because the torrential rains that deluged the country for a second week in a row conquered new territories on the night of June 6 - the valley of the Iskar river, and the western and northern areas of Sofia and Pernik.
Several rivers running through Sofia overflowed and flooded adjoining roads, basements and homes.
In Pernik, the Struma river broke through a dyke and flooded basements of nearby buildings, roads, and the town's central bus station. 
The flood level in Iskar, which reached two metres at certain points, flooded settlements in its valley, the   railway and threatened to flood the Mizia electrical substation, which distributes electricity to northern Bulgaria and Sofia.
Sofianski headed the emergency headquarters of Sofia that has already started working. They began checks on rivers and dams in the region to estimate damages and forecast possible worsening of the situation.

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