The heavy rainfall over the past week has affected over 60 localities in 16 counties and the municipality of Bucharest, according to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU).\u00a0Rescue teams intervened to evacuate water from 7 houses, 75 yards, 13 cellars\/basements (one public institution), seven household annexes, and five streets, as well as to clear one electricity pole and 23 fallen trees, with 12 vehicles being damaged.<\/p>\n
The affected counties were Arge\u015f, Bac\u0103u, Boto\u015fani, Bra\u015fov, Buz\u0103u, Cluj, Covasna, Harghita, Ialomi\u0163a, Ia\u015fi, Ilfov, Mure\u015f, Neam\u0163, Suceava, Vaslui, and Vrancea. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Road traffic was also temporarily blocked on 3 national roads and 2 county roads due to accumulated water, debris, and fallen trees on the roadway, according to IGSU<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the locality of Dumbr\u0103vi\u0163a, Bra\u015fov County, 18 minors were preventively evacuated from a flooded home by local authorities and relocated to relatives. Meanwhile, in \u015eupitca, Boto\u015fani County, three people were preventively evacuated by local authorities and relocated to relatives, due to the high risk of isolation.<\/p>\n Similarly, in the locality of Ciughe\u015f, Bac\u0103u County, the temporary bridge over the Trotu\u015f River was washed away, and 1,778 people were left isolated by road.\u00a0<\/p>\n In Bucharest, a tree fell on a car in traffic, but the driver was not injured. In Manasia, Ialomi\u0163a County, a floating bridge providing access to agricultural areas was washed away.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the locality of B\u0103cel, Covasna County, the high water levels of the Negru River led to the evacuation of approximately 100 people from 54 homes. The evacuated individuals will be relocated to the sports hall in the locality of Dob\u00e2rl\u0103u. Currently, no homes have been directly affected by flooding, but the situation continues to be monitored.<\/p>\n IGSU representatives added that the 80 people who were preventively evacuated on Monday from the localities of B\u0103cel and Lunca M\u0103rcu\u015fului in Covasna County have returned to their homes, while four others evacuated on Monday remain relocated to relatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n Currently, there are no reports of people being trapped or medical emergencies that cannot be attended to due to the weather phenomena, and no power supply disruptions have been recorded, the IGSU representatives also reported.<\/p>\n Weighing in on the situation, environment minister Mircea Fechet said that the soil is already saturated and new significant amounts of precipitation are forecasted. \u201cIt is possible that May 2025 will rank among the top 5 rainiest Mays in history,\u201d the minister stated during an emergency meeting, according to HotNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meteorologists announced that the rain will continue to fall until Thursday evening, with yellow code warnings issued for Maramure\u0219, most of Moldova, parts of Transylvania, and northern Muntenia, and orange code warnings for the counties of Suceava, Boto\u0219ani, Neam\u021b, Harghita, Covasna, and the mountainous areas of the counties of Arge\u0219, D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba, Prahova, Buz\u0103u, Vrancea, Bac\u0103u, and Bra\u0219ov.\u00a0<\/p>\n