Bulgaria's deadly foods: communities reeling amid cleanup operation
Bulgaria's Prime Minister has pledged financial aid to flood victims while the Red Cross is providing canned food and water packages to residents affected by the catastrophe
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00:00 A living nightmare. That's how residents in Bulgaria have described deadly floods which
00:04 swept through its southern coast, killing at least four people.
00:07 "There was a woman who was in a camping with her children. She said that when she was in
00:14 the caravan, the water reached here and held them. They moved to our hotel. They moved
00:19 because there was nowhere to go.
00:21 "Somehow, the luggage managed to survive. Some documents, children, clothes. It was
00:26 like a refugee camp."
00:30 The flooding caused severe damage to roads and infrastructure. More than 1,000 people
00:36 were stranded but traffic has now been restored.
00:39 Some say they're lucky to be alive.
00:48 "If we had managed, we would have all been dead. We were sitting in our bags, naked.
00:56 Now we're trying to save ourselves. We have everything inside us, documents, jobs. There's
01:01 no one. No one, sir."
01:03 Bulgaria's Prime Minister says flood victims should receive financial aid within two months.
01:08 "The amount from 1,512 levs to this amount, which is given for damaged houses, rooms,
01:17 where people live, and there's another amount, which is up to 2,500 levs, connected to damaged
01:24 devices, electrical devices, where normal life should be restored."
01:30 The Bulgarian Red Cross is now providing canned food and water packages to the victims.
01:35 "The victims were accommodated in private hotels, according to our information. And
01:40 in small residential areas, where they were hosted, the local authorities managed to secure
01:47 logistics."
01:48 "We have a team of professionals from all over the country who are ready to come to
01:52 the field and work in such a situation."
01:55 Damages are yet to be assessed after the disaster, but many predict costs will reach the tens
02:00 of millions.
02:01 "We have a team of professionals from all over the country who are ready to come to
02:02 the field and work in such a situation."
02:03 "We have a team of professionals from all over the country who are ready to come to
02:04 the field and work in such a situation."
02:04 [WHOOSH]