Byala Municipality declares a state of emergency, its mayor Penyu Nenov announced on his official social media page. He specified that all duty teams are on the ground and clearing the snow, but there are large drifts and the rainfall continues.
The villages of Popovich, Gospodinovo and Dyulino are without electricity in the municipality. Work is underway to eliminate the breakdowns.
Nenov specified that volunteers from the municipal formations are ready to provide assistance.
The police added that the situation in the entire region is difficult.
The Varna - Dobrich road is closed to vehicles over 12 tons. The same applies to the passage to Burgas, where traffic is carried out only with chains.
A yellow code for dangerous and cold weather has been declared in the districts of Ruse, Silistra, Dobrich, Varna, Shumen, Razgrad, Targovishte, Sliven, Yambol and Burgas. As parts of the Burgas region, they are also colored orange. Today, snowfall in the northeastern regions will begin to stop, but in Southeast Bulgaria it will still continue to snow in many places, in the extreme southeastern regions - rain and snow. In the eastern part of the country, moderate and temporarily strong winds from the north-northeast will continue to blow. In the second half of the day, cloudiness will decrease over the western and central regions. There, moderate winds will blow from the west-northwest.