Geography of Bulgaria

The damages from the floods that hit Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo, Kilifarevo, Debelets and the nearby villages have been estimated at more than BGN 10M.

This amount includes damages to the infrastructure, people's homes, the Kilifarevski monastery, the Pass of the Republic and agricultural lands.

Illegal logging accounts for 1/3 of the wood produced in the region of the flood-stricken Varna district of Asparuhovo, according to Agriculture Minister Dimitar Grekov.

The Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna reported a death toll of 12 and massive damage to the infrastructure and housing after heavy rain and severe flooding on Thursday.

Twenty Syrian refugees are to assist in managing the consequences of flash floods that struck the city of Varna and other places in northeast and north-central Bulgaria.

The group of refugees based in a camp near the southern town of Harmanli is to set off within days and numbers of volunteers applying to help.

Dobrich Municipality asks private companies for help in dealing with the aftermath of last week's flood in the town. 

In a statement, published on its website, the municipality asks private companies to provide front loaders and dump trucks for the cleanup operations. 

It also seeks cooperation in finding a supplier of disinfectants, insect repellents and rat poison. 

Lot 2 of the Struma motorway is to be ready in March 2015, according to Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Desislava Terzieva.

Speaking during an inspection of the motorway section on Monday, she said that her first impressions of the construction works were excellent and that everything was going to schedule.

The sale of Sofia's Kempinski Hotel Zografski is about to be completed, report Bulgarian-language media. 

The body of one of the missing children was found in Varna's district of  Asparuhovo, reports the Bulgarian National Radio. 

It was found when clearing up debris from the flood in one of the worst affected areas of Asparuhovo on Monday afternoon.

It is yet unclear if it is the body of the three-year-old girl, or the six-year-old boy.

The municipal administration of the flood-stricken city of Varna is calling for volunteers to continue clearing of the area during the workweek.

"Due to the start of the workweek, the number of volunteers involved in the cleaning of the Asparuhovo district has dropped dramatically," the municipal press center says.

Local authorities have ordered the mandatory evacuation of 27 properties in Varna's district of Asparuhovo, which was hit by a flash flood last Thursday. 

According to the Vesti website, the activation of the landslides as a result of the flood threatens the 27 homes in Asparuhovo and a detailed is needed. 

Dozens of German students came to the assistance of the victims in Bulgaria's flood ravaged port city of Varna.

The students are among the many local and foreign volunteers helping in the destroyed district of Asparuhovo, Bulgarian private BTV reported, Monday.