The water level of the Sărata stream rose following a torrential rain, and a strong flood formed in Vâlcăneşti.
According to ISU Prahova, the flood took three cars, over a distance of about one km. Two of the cars were abandoned, the third being functional.
“A crew from the Plopeni Work Point is on the spot and remains for monitoring (the stream still has an increased level)”, ISU Prahova reported, quoted by the Prahovean Observatory.
Images of the moment the cars were swept away by the flood were captured by a group of locals and published on social media.
“You stay here, you can’t leave here. Look, it’s a car! I’d eat your mouth! It’s in the car, right? Can’t you see he’s waving the wipers?”, says a local.
At the same time, in Vâlcănești, hail fell in very large quantities and destroyed people’s gardens.
According to ANM, Vâlcăneşti commune, as well as 13 other localities in Prahova, was for an hour under code orange of torrential rain and hail until 8.30 p.m., including Ro-Alert messages for the citizens of the affected areas, according to local press.
Moreover, torrential rains accompanied by hail affected dozens of localities in several counties in the country on Sunday. See in this news the effects of the bad weather, which were captured by the locals.
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