Over the past two days, serious flooding has occurred in several districts of Romania due to strong winds and heavy rainfall. According to emergency services, hundreds of people have been evacuated from the northeastern town of Botosani and the central Romanian counties of Covasna and Brasov.
A historic salt mine in Praid, central Romania, was in danger of being destroyed by floodwaters on Thursday. With half a million tickets sold each year, the mine is a popular tourist destination with stunning galleries and a holy chapel.
According to authorities, further rain was predicted for northern Romania in the days ahead. The Corund River crosses the Praid Salt Mine. Its water flow has increased to its greatest level in decades as a result of the recent heavy rainfall. 60 cubic meters per second.
The water seeped into the gallery network in the salt mine, compromising the stability of the support salt pillars and the security of the subterranean facilities, and the abrupt increase in flow caused fractures to form in the riverbed protective wall.
Authorities have constructed two underground protective dams at the salt mine to safeguard the mining and tourism regions. However, the National Salt Company declared that the Telegdy mine’s dam had failed.
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