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The combination of melting snow and torrential rain pushed the defenses to the limit, eventually breaching the river wall. The force of the water was enough to roll boulders down the river effectively damming it at a corner forcing the water over. The breach above the Bansko Royal Towers sent water and rubble cascading down the road, blowing the main drain causing the roads to rise and the top surface to be torn off. The brunt of the damage was to properties near to the initial breach, BRT, Guiness, The Mall, but others sustained some flooding as far down as the bottom of town. Not heard of any water damage at Lucky Bansko. The clean up is in full swing. I have driven round the worst effected areas this morning and its looking a lot better. Roadworks have started and hopefully within a few weeks we will be back to normal. Ironically it has snowed on the mountain last night, enough to cover bare piste... just shows how fickle nature can be
Its funny how the doomongers can pick up on things.. supposably this bit of flooding was down to de-forestation according to one reporter ??? According to the locals the Glazne has broke its banks since the beginning of time, the combination of snow melt and heavy rain being quite a common occurance. The disappointing thing is the relatively new defenses were breached, not so much by the volume of water, but by what the water bought with it....

this is from bansko tourist info;

Bansko floods:
on the evening of 15th May the river meeting for both the Glazne and Black river burst its banks.
Thankfully no one was injured however significant damage was done to roads and buildings with many complexes caught in the flow of water and debris. The municipality will now start the task of renewing the roads and pathways.
We suggest all apartment owners contact your property management company for confirmation as "to the best of our knowledge" the following complexes have been affected in some way:
1, BRT
2, Crystal
3, Cedar Lodge
4, St David's Lodge
5, Parklands
6, All Season's
7, MP by the walnut trees
8, Valentina Heights
9, Guiness
10, White rocks