Bulgaria Hit by Torrential Rains: Petrich and Sandanski Declare States of Emergency
Heavy rainfall has caused serious disruption across the Sandanski and Petrich regions, prompting both municipalities to declare a state of emergency
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Rain will fall across most of Bulgaria on Tuesday, predominantly in the country's southeast, the national weather service says.
Temperatures will be lower for most of the country, but will not fall as much as they did during the cold snap of January.
Wind will begin blowing from the northwest and spreading throughout much of Bulgaria, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology says.
Minimum temperatures are expected to stay above zero on Tuesday and Wednesday
Maximum temperatures will not excede 4-5 degrees in Western Bulgaria and 11-13 degrees in the east.
By the Black Sea, temperatures will vary between 9 degrees in the north and 14 degrees in the south.
Bulgaria will experience mostly cloudy skies on Wednesday, January 21, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH)
On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, weather conditions in Bulgaria will gradually stabilize. The wind will ease and turn from the southeast, while sunshine will dominate most of the day
Bulgaria will face another day of severe winter conditions on Monday, January 19, with persistently low temperatures across the country and hazardous cold prompting a yellow weather warning nationwide.
A sharp cold spell will grip Bulgaria through the end of the current week and into the first days of the next one, with low temperatures and persistent northeasterly winds, according to the medium-range forecast issued by the National Institute of Meteoro
In Bulgaria, cloud cover from the northeast will continue to thicken overnight, while the southwestern half of the country is expected to remain mostly clear with occasional high clouds.
On Thursday, Bulgaria will enjoy mostly sunny weather, though clouds are expected to increase from the northeast as the day progresses, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).
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