Video flood at the Faculty of Law in Bucharest: “I woke up with my feet in the pond” / What the University says
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest / Photo: Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest / Facebook
The basement of the Faculty of Law within the University of Bucharest flooded Monday during the strong storm that hit the capital, according to images that circulated on the students groups and were also received by HotNews.
“In our faculty there are several empty rooms in the session where the world goes to learn and I was to look for a room and I woke up with my feet in the pond,” said a student, under the protection of anonymity, for Hotnews. “I heard the sound of water flowing and I thought it was an open window, but I forgot to see where the pond started and I saw how it flowed from the wall.”
The students reported the situation of the security personnel, according to the student who spoke with Hotnews. The guard informed them that although they know the situation, they have nothing to do for the moment.
Reaction of the University of Bucharest
Contacted by Hotnews, the spokesman of the University of Bucharest, Bogdan Oprea, said that “at the level of the University of Bucharest, such incidents have not been reported.”
“If the students report to the press, not to the management, to answer, the press. We have no knowledge of any incident. When they report to the institution level, I will have other information,” Oprea added.
Bucharest, hit by a strong storm
A strong storm of about an hour caused significant damage in Bucharest and in Ilfov county after the significant amount of water flooded streets and houses, and Vijelia broke trees and cables. Public transport was affected after trams could no longer advance due to water on the road.
The water also entered the subway and in a mall in Sector 6. Also, air traffic was disturbed by the storm. The Bucharest residents received, on Monday, a Red Message of Powerful Vijelie, electric discharges and wind gusts for 15.28-16.20.
The rains of Monday have brought in Bucharest record water, announces the APANOVA operator, which specifies that the amounts of rainfall exceeding 43 liters per square meter were recorded, isolated exceeding 70 l/sqm, and in some areas there were peaks of over 120 l/sqm, after which the floods were recorded. “During this interval, a pluvial event was registered that exceeded, from the point of view of the frequency of appearance, the frequency every 100 years,” it is stated in a press release of Apa Nova.
