Code Yellow For Strong Wind And Snowfall In Mountainous Areas In Six Counties
Meteorologists issued, on Sunday, several code yellow warnings forecasting strong wind and snowfall in the mountainous areas of the counties of Sibiu, Mehedinti, Gorj, Hunedoara, Caras-Severin and Cluj, valid until noon.
Until 12 p.m., in the mountainous area of the county of Sibiu county, the wind will blow hard, with gusts reaching and even exceeding 75-80 kilometers per hour, as well as snowfalls.
The same warning was also issued for the mountainous area of the counties of Mehedinti and Gorj, where wind gusts will reach 60-70 km per hour and even exceed 80-90 km km per hour at altitudes of over 1,500 meters. The same situation is valid for the counties of Hunedoara, Caras-Severin and Cluj. (Adevarul)
Two Romanian Teenage Mountain Climbers Die During Avalanche
Two young Romanian mountain climbers, both record holders at 14 and 12 years, died during an avalanche in Romania yesterday.
Dor Geta Popescu, 14, and Erik Gulacsi, 12, both world renowned for their climbing records, were killed during the avalanche in the Retezat mountains. They were on the mountain together with their fathers, on their way to the Peleaga peak. They were on a track part of the 7 Mountains in the Carpathian Garden circuit.
A group of over 50 people was also on the same mountain, already on the peak, when the avalanche happened. Mountain rescuers had been asking all tourists to stay off the mountain because of the high risk of avalanche. It snowed heavily in recent days in Romania’s mountains, with 180 cm of snow in the Balea Lac area, in the Fagaras mountains. Mountain rescuers said the large group of people may have in fact been the ones who started off the avalanche. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Number Of Romanians Insuring Their Homes On The Rise
According to statistics of the Romanian Pool of Insurance against Natural Disasters (PAID), which issues mandatory home insurance, the number of active mandatory home insurance policies rose 2.23%, to 1.67 million on March 31, 2017.
End-2016, a total 1,703,047 mandatory home insurance policies were active, and, on December 31, 2015, a total 1,590,954 policies were active.
According to PAID, at the end of March 2017, 75.4% of active policies countrywide, had been concluded in urban areas and 24.6% in rural areas.
PAID issued the first mandatory home issuance policies in July 2010. (Puterea)
PM Grindeanu Conveys Touching Message For Gymnast Catalina Ponor
Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu congratulated Romanian gymnast Catalina Ponor for the gold medal won in the women’s beam final at the 7th European Individual Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca.
Grindeanu said Ponor’s achievement is amazing and made Romanians proud and happy.
Ponor on Sunday won the gold medal, while her fellow gymnast Larisa Iordache won the bronze medal, in the women’s beam final at the 7th European Individual Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca.
Multiple-time Olympic, world and European championship Ponor, 29, was awarded 14.566 points, while Iordache, 20, got 13.966 points. The silver medal went to Dutch Eythora Thorsdottir (14.066 points). This is Ponor’s ninth European title and fifth beam tile.
Romanian gymnast Marian Dragulescu on Sunday won the silver medal in the men’s vault event at the 7th European Individual Championships in Cluj-Napcoa, after on Saturday he won the gold in the men’s floor event. (Evenimentul Zilei)