Danube Water Levels Decreasing in Bulgaria

Society » ENVIRONMENT | May 27, 2014, Tuesday // 15:07
Bulgaria: Danube Water Levels Decreasing in Bulgaria Photo by BGNES.

The level of the Bulgarian stretch of the Danube river is slightly decreasing, head of the Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the river Georgi Georgiev informed.

According to Georgiev, in the next days the Bulgarian-Romanian stretch of Danube is going to decrease by five to six centimeters per day. Currently, the river level near Bulgaria's city of Ruse is 739 cm, and the forecast for the next two days is for a 14 cm drop.

The water levels of Danube have been under constant monitoring,due to the floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The level of Danube at the Bulgarian city Ruse exceed 7 meters as a daily increase of 28 cm was recorded last week.

The floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have claimed dozens of lives, while thousands of homes are damaged.

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