Bulgaria flooding death toll rises to four | News

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Heavy rainfall that hit Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and forced the authorities to declare a state of emergency has now killed four people, police said on Saturday. The body of a 58-year-old woman was found buried under mud in her home after her husband, who arrived from Russia, reported her missing, officers said. Three people were previously reported killed in the storms that lashed Elenite, a resort town on the edge of the Black Sea, on Friday. "Among the victims were two rescuers, one a border police officer and the other a tractor driver," Interior Minister Daniel Mitov told Bulgarian state radio. Another person was caught by the rising waters at a hotel,...