The sea swept Sunny Beach, 7 m waves north
March 10, 2010
The sea flooded Sunny Beach and flooded coastal paths of the resort. Ground floors are flooded at least 4 hotels and many shops and offices.
The reason is rain and snow and strong winds, said Burgasnews.
Governor of Constantine Burgas Grebenarov verify the case, as in the resort work and Civil Defence, and officials of district administration.
Sea lanes to overflows Hotel Glarus, they are flooded and 3-4 other hotels. We are done with drainage equipment sent by the Sunny Beach AD, the governor said. And dike building, which does not allow the waves to flood again complex. Once the streets are cleaned, and will begin work on drainage of hotels. Then it will become clear what damage the flooding.
Tidal wave higher than 4 meters, did cause major damage in the coastal area of the village of Kranevo, BTA reported. Only today the sea is a bit quiet, but wait for water to be withdrawn to enable the Committee to crawl the municipality and the village to assess the damage, the mayor of plots Rumen Nikolov. In his strong seas in recent days is literally “absorb” the beach.
From Gaza, thirty meters wide, can be seen only five or six meters sand, everything else is under water. Flooded yard and is the international children’s camp, part of the fence is attributable, water reached the windows of the bungalows on the beachfront. On the coast a few bars – wooden tents were destroyed. Refrigerators can be seen in the water, broke benches and fishing boats, describes the situation Nikolov. Flooded basements and hotels. The mayor added that people in the village who do not remember such a high tidal wave, observed lesions of hundred yards away, because they can not waded into the water.
High waves swept sea and promenade at Golden Sands and came to the first line of hotels, announced BNR. Stormy sea had caused damage in Balchik, Shabla municipality.
Wave near Shabla did it about 7 meters high at times. That said metal Shabla Municipality Krasimir Krastev, quoted by Focus. There are pictures that show that the measure is not exaggerated, because the waves are picked up and on overhead road which is 8 meters high.
“During winter when the water is cold, the prevailing winds are east or northeast. When you are stronger, leading to strong emotion. Yesterday and the night wind was gusting to 67 km / h, more Oriental. The combination of conditions led to excitement, which is abnormal even in normal winters in this region, “said Krasimir Krastev.