Bulgarian Red Cross

Fire risk remains high due to dangerously hot weather today and in the coming days.

On this occasion, the fire department in Haskovo sent a warning to all mayors - to inform farmers to refrain from cleaning pastures, meadows and forest areas, and house owners - not to light fires in the open air.

Due to the high summer temperatures, from today, July 14, 2023 (Friday), the Bulgarian Red Cross starts distributing bottled mineral water in the capital during the hot hours of the day. The organization's volunteers will be from 12:00 p.m. at two busy locations in Sofia - on "Slaveykov Square" and in the space in front of the National Palace of Culture.

A hurricane-like wind with a speed of over 100 km/h broke the glass window of a food establishment in Pazardzhik.

The area around it is cordoned off, the pavement has not yet been cleared. Glass is scattered everywhere, it is a miracle that no one was injured in the accident.

The drivers, who tomorrow have to travel in Western and Southern Bulgaria, should go on the road with cars prepared for winter conditions. A drop in temperatures and snowfall is expected.

A code red warning is in effect this morning due to strong winds in the Vratsa and Montana regions. According to data from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, wind gusts reach 30-35 meters per second.

Today, at the VIP Terminal of Sofia Airport, the chairman of the Bulgarian Red Cross, acad. Hristo Grigorov will receive a shipment of 35 tons of humanitarian aid from Great Britain, intended for the victims of the conflict in Ukraine.

Sofia-city district has entered the red zone in terms of the incidence of COVID-19, according to data from the Unified Information Portal.

It is expected to be followed by Burgas and Varna.

Five new areas are moving into a yellow zone. These are Kyustendil, Lovech, Silistra, Sliven and Haskovo.

The Hail Combatting Executive Agency (HCEA) provides anti-hail missile protection on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria in the districts of Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Sliven and Haskovo and the village of Tazha, and by air in North Central and Northeastern Bulgaria, the Agency announced.

The bank account is published on the website of the Bulgarian Red Cross, and later an additional option for online donations will be activated through the website of the organization.

The campaign for collecting material donations throughout the country continues, the organization announced.

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1733 are the positive tests for coronavirus for the last 24 hours in our country. This is shown by the current data on the spread of the infection. The tests performed are nearly 23,300, which means that the percentage of infected is 7.44 percent.

The number of patients cured in the last 24 hours was 485. There were 34 patients with COVID infection.