The region located in the southeast of the country received the equivalent of 3 months of precipitation in 4 days.
The passage of the Boris Depression caused the death of at least five people over the weekend in Romania.
In the Galati region, the small village of Pechea has started to clean up the damage caused by the torrential rains that have fallen.
Roads were affected, as well as many houses.
Upon returning from Italy, this resident found his house destroyed.
“I’ve been working on this house for 25 years, to have a home and food. And now I’m totally devastated..”
Euronews: How much money have you invested over the years?
“Around 100,000 euros.”
Many villages suffered damage
More than a third of the village of Fishing was damaged by flooding.
A little further on Slobozia Conachi750 houses were flooded.
Even the town hall archives were destroyed by the mud.
In the office of the mayor of the village of Slobozia Conachi. After the floods, all that remained in the office was a stove and two chairs with wet and muddy files on them.
An exceptional meteorological event
The weather service estimates that Storm Boris dumped more than 200 litres of rain per square metre over the entire region in four days, the equivalent of three months of precipitation.
It will take weeks and a lot of resources for the thousands of victims to return to normal life. Eastern Romania has not been spared by the weather in recent months, suffering floods, but also a drought in June and July.