Bulgarians Join Efforts in Overcoming Nature Disaster

Politics | August 8, 2005, Monday // 00:00
Bulgarians Join Efforts in Overcoming Nature Disaster Bulgaria's Red Cross launched a nation-wide campaign for collecting aid that will be distributed to the worst hit by the floods regions in the country. Photo by Nadya Kotzeva (Sofia News Agency)

Bulgaria's Red Cross launched a nation-wide campaign for collecting aid that will be distributed to the worst hit by the floods regions in the country.

Special donation centers were opened in Sofia, Plovdiv and most of the biggest cities in the country. A bank account was also opened fro money donation for the people in the floods devastated towns and villages.

The Bulgarian Red Cross is urging people to donate blankets, tents, medicines and other necessary provisions.

The damages caused by the floods that hit Bulgaria over the last two months are worth EUR 150 M, EU experts announced in the beginning of August. About 3,200 people live in the regions, which were hit by heavy rainfalls from May 25th till July 20th this year.

The number of the people directly affected by the natural disasters totals 2 million. According to data of the Finance Ministry as of July 25, registered damages amount to BGN 250 M.

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