Nearly a month's worth of rain falls on Bucharest in 10 hours during overnight storm

Bucharest received more than 92% of its average monthly June rainfall in just 10 hours during the powerful overnight storm that hit the Romanian capital, according to data released on Wednesday, July 1, by water utility Apa Nova and cited by Agerpres. The rainfall overwhelmed parts of the city's drainage system as emergency crews continued responding to flooding caused by one of the most intense weather events in recent years.

Between 7:30 p.m. on June 30 and 5:30 a.m. on July 1, the average amount of rainfall across Bucharest reached 69.9 liters per square meter, compared with the city's long-term June average of 75.9 liters per sqm recorded at the Bucharest-Filaret weather station.