Rhodope Mountains

Smolyan. The partial state of emergency declared yesterday in Chepelare remains in place, Smolyan Governor Nedyalko Slavov and Chepelare Mayor Slavka Chakarova told Focus News Agency this morning. The road to Zabardo village and Marvellous Bridges remains closed due to a rockslide. The stones were removed yesterday, but then the rockslide resumed.

Bulgaria has warned its southern neighbors Greece and Turkey they could face floods as heavy rains are expected to swell the Arda and Meriç (Maritsa) rivers flowing into their territories.

Bulgaria has warned its southern neighbors Greece and Turkey they could face floods as heavy rains are expected to swell the Arda and Maritsa rivers flowing into their territories.

The alert came as Greek emergency services were struggling to deal with their worst wildfires in years.

SOFIA: Bulgaria has warned its southern neighbours Greece and Turkey they could face floods as heavy rains are expected to swell the Arda and Maritsa rivers flowing into their territories.

The alert came as Greek emergency services were struggling to deal with their worst wildfires in years.

On the first day of the new week in the morning hours it will be mostly sunny and warm in most of the country. Even before noon over northern Bulgaria, and later in the day, even over the South, will begin the development of cumulus clouds. In many places there will be rainfall and thunderstorms, there will also be hailstorms, meteorologists predict.

Today, weather will remain unstable, and clouds will develop again. In the central and eastern regions, as well as in the Rila-Rhodope massif, there will be short-lived rainfall and thunderstorms. More significant will be phenomena later in the afternoon in Eastern Bulgaria and the Rhodope region. There will also be hailstorms. Maximum temperatures will be between 28 ° and 33 °.

The damage from the torrential rain in Smolyan Municipality exceed 500 000 BGN, said Deputy Mayor Mariana Tsekova. And today the cleanup of floods and streets affected by floods continues.

Residents of the Rhodope village Zaburdo began to fill the potholes on the way to Chudnite Mostove, the BNT reported. The road is municipal but for another year Chepelare Municipality has not provided funds for its repair. That's why local residents began to fill the potholes along the road using with old technology from four centuries ago.

Passikovo, Vodentsi, Stylish, Topolovo, Dolni Glavanak, Gorni Glavanak - we almost arrived! Well, I think why I do not stop wandering around the villages in the Eastern Rhodopes during the hottest season of the year.

The atmospheric pressure will be slightly higher than the average for the month. During the day, it will rise slightly. Today the wind in the whole country will be oriented from the northeast and will grow, in the eastern half strong. The cloudiness will be variable, in Western Bulgaria significant.