Winter Storms Leave Bulgarian Villages Without Electricity, Water, and Communication

For the fourth consecutive day, efforts continue to restore power to over 100 settlements across Bulgaria, where wet snow from Christmas has caused widespread outages. Thousands of families in the Gabrovo region remain without electricity, with around 50 villages affected in the municipality and about 100 in the broader area. In some locations, water supplies have also been disrupted due to the lack of electricity for pumping stations, and mobile network communication has been interrupted.

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