heavy rain and strong winds have affected wide areas of the country since 18 June 2021 As of 23 June as many as 16 counties were affected Firefighters were called on to remove flood water from houses yards and streets or responded to incidents of wind damage including downed trees and power lines a car participating in an off-road competition was dragged by waters of the swollen Oituz river in Poiana Sărată The driver of the car died in the incident while the passenger managed to escape the vehicle Firefighters carried out searches for a man reported missing in flood water on 18 June in Mănăstirea Cașin Seven people were pre-emptively evacuated due to flooding in the same area Around 60 people were also pre-emptively evacuated from homes in Biliesti Vrancea County due to the overflow of the Putna River from around 20 June Evacuees were moved to the homes of friends or relatives Firefighters were called on to rescue 12 workers who had become isolated by flood water from the rising Zăbala River in Nereju Meanwhile flood waters damaged a bridge in Neamț County leaving at least 4 families isolated in Piatra Șoimului Commune Romania’s National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (INHGA) issued yellow and orange level warnings for rivers in much of the country’s south east region while Administrația Națională de Meteorologie (Meteo Romania) issued orange or yellow level warnings for thunderstorms heavy rain of up to 70 mm and wind gusts of over 80 km/h Temperatures of over 38° C are possible in western areas Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Please disable adblocker to support this website Open Modalf Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.