For the second day in a row Saharan dust has been covering vehicles and many parts of Sofia.
The unusual phenomenon has been observed for several days. Meteorologists say that the sand storm dust is carried from Africa across Southern Italy. There is Saharan dust in other Balkan countries as well. The phenomenon is expected to continue until Wednesday, 20 May.
The dust is not a health risk. If there is rain we shall see the dust as muddy rain, weather forecasters say, and add that the phenomenon is typical of springtime.
President Rumen Radev called on the MPs to reconsider the decision to allocate funds for firefighting equipment to the Ministry of Interior. According to Radev, a better option would be to allocate the funds to the army, as the Air Force has the..
The fire situation in the Blagoevgrad region remains serious. Despite the hot and windy weather, Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov said that so far there was no danger of the flames reaching the settlements. Aircraft from France are still involved in..
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency are introducing enhanced measures against the entry of small-ruminants plague (PPR) into Bulgaria. The preventive actions are due to the worsening situation..
The BG-ALERT system has issued an evacuation warning for the residents of five villages in the municipality of Strumyani due to the large fire that..
On Tuesday there will be sun and temperatures will be high in the Western part of the country. Over Eastern Bulgaria there will be clouds and,..
The range of the fire on the Bulg arian-Greek border has increased overnight. The fire has crossed the protective clearing over 2 places into Bulgarian..
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