Strong winds brought down trees and street lamp posts in Burgas on Friday, 13 November. Two cars were damaged and no one was hurt, the municipality said.
It said it had received 7 reports of fallen trees and 4 of toppled lamp posts. There was no other damage, it said.
Two of the trees fell on Todor Alexandrov Boulevard, on the road towards the Kraymorie district. Others came down in the Slaveykov and Meden Rudnik neighbourhoods and on Hristo Botev Street. The municipality sent crews to the sites, and they are clearing up.
Burgas region was under an orange code for dangerously strong wind on 13 November, the second level of warning for dangerous weather. The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) warned of gusts of up to 32 metres per second, or about 115 km/h, in the orange-code areas. It expects the wind to ease gradually.
Earlier on the morning of 13 November, we reported that by 7:00 am the regional 112 centre had taken 4 calls from Burgas about the strong wind. Across Bulgaria, there were nearly 160 calls.
A yellow code, the first level, for heavy rain and thunderstorms is in force for the region on Saturday, 14 November.
Hourly forecast and the days ahead: Weather in Burgas →