Blizzards

Bad winter on the east coast of the United States has left thousands of homes without electricity and led to flight cancellations.

Two casualties have been reported in North Carolina since the disaster.

Today, under the influence of a Mediterranean cyclone, which will pass south of the country, a precipitation situation will be created. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the weather forecaster on duty Hristo Hristov from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

Today the increase in clouds will continue and will cover the whole country by the evening. It will rain from around the afternoon from the west. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the weather forecaster on duty Evgenia Egova from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

In the next 48 hours the weather will offer us serious autumn-winter challenges. A configuration of a cold front and a Mediterranean cyclone will provide strong winds, significant amounts of rain and wet snow.

Today it will continue to rain in many places, and the precipitation in the southeastern half of the country will be significant, where storms will be accompanied by thunderstorms. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the weather forecaster on duty Boryana Markova from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

Monday will be the last warmer day. A serious cold snap of at least 5-7 degrees is expected from Tuesday, then the first snow will fall, the climatologist Prof. Georgi Rachev announced in the morning block of bTV.

The snow cover will not be thick and durable. In Northern Bulgaria it will be only 2-4 centimeters, and in the southern part of the country - rain mixed with snow.

The Turkish State Meteorological Service has declared a "yellow alert," which means potential weather danger, for 27 out of all 81 provinces on late Nov. 23, warning that heavy precipitation will occur across the country until the weekend.

Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by "catastrophic" flooding with the death toll expected to rise after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered a state of emergency on Nov. 17.

Police said on Nov. 16 at least one person has died in torrential rains that trapped motorists in mudslides, forced thousands to evacuate their homes and cut off Vancouver from the rest of Canada.

Search and rescue teams recovered the body of a woman from a mudslide near Lillooet, 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Vancouver, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.

Glasgow was flooded just days before the opening of the climate change summit. Serious floods were caused by torrential rains in south-west Scotland and north-west England.

In Scotland's largest city, some streets have become completely impassable after heavy rains. Public transport was seriously damaged, trains were canceled.