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A nationwide campaign has raised more than BGN 500,000 for the victims of the floods in northeastern Bulgaria, Saturday.

The money has been raised through sms donations containing the text "DMS VARNA" to the short code 17 777 and will be used to aid all flood-hit areas in the country.

The floods that hit northeastern Bulgaria will have negative impact on the tourism, the crops and the infrastructure, according to Deputy Prime Minister Daniela Bobeva.

Another victim of the floods in Bulgaria's port city of Varna was found in the channel under the Asparuhov bridge, Friday night.

The unprecedented floods in the Varna district of Asparuhovo claimed 11 lives so far, including two children.

The last victim of the floods is a female and is yet to be identified, Nova Tv reports.

The tragedy in Varna's district of Asparuhovo is caused entirely by a human error, experts told the Capital.bg website. 

According to Asen Lichev, director of the Water Management department in the Environment and Waters Ministry, the main cause of the flood is “the humans' suicidal behaviour”. 

Romania is ready to provide teams and equipment to the flood-hit areas in Bulgaria, the state secretary at the Romanian Transport Ministry Iulian Matache announced.

At least 12 die as torrential rain, floods hit Bulgaria

VARNA -- Twelve people have died while several others are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit the port city of Varna, Bulgarian officials said.

The government in Sofia declared Monday, June 23, a day of mourning for the victims.

A drainage gully in Varna's Asparuhovo was dysfuctioning during the floods as temprorary outlets were located on it, the Deputy District Mayor argued.

Radoslav Koev suggested in an interview with Dnevnik.bg that the location of commercial venues where water is to be deviated from the streets have severely affected the drainage infrastructure of the region.

Hours after tragedy struck in Varna, NGOs Bulgaria's Red Cross (BRC) and volunteers organised donation campaigns and volunteer teams to aid the flood victims in Asparuhovo. 

There are two official donation campaigns – one of BRC and one of the Bulgarian Donations Forum and Nova TV national channel. 

A team of investigating police officers has opened pre-trial proceedings into the cause and circumstances of the death of at least ten people in the floods in Varna.

The pre-trial proceedings are supervised by a prosecutor from the district prosecutor's office in Varna, according to Radoslav Lazarov, spokesperson for the local prosecuting authority, as cited by dnevnik.bg.

Varna Mayor Ivan Portnih complained that he managed to get help from the central authorities as late as 1 am on Friday after an evening of severe flooding.

Heavy rain hit Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna on Thursday. The high waters claimed at least 10 lives, but the death toll may climb further.