Agigea, Tuzla, Costinesti, Eforie, Mangalia and Vama Veche have been the most affected with hundreds of homes flooded and many streets submerged.
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00:00There has been extensive property damage in a string of towns along Romania's eastern
00:06coast after torrential rain caused extensive flooding.
00:10In Venus, tourists staying at one hotel found their cars full of water on Saturday morning.
00:16And the popular tourist resort of Vama Vecă is currently without electricity and an extensive
00:21clean-up operation is underway to repair the beach.
00:25Local authorities say that despite the extensive property damage, there have been no reports
00:29of any casualties.
00:31Over 800 calls were received by firefighters from people asking for help and since Friday
00:36night crews have been on the ground in 15 districts.
00:39Meteorologists say the cause of the downpours was a cyclone storm system that was stationary
00:44over the Black Sea, sucking up vast quantities of water.
00:48A code orange rain warning will remain in place until at least Sunday and officials
00:52warn that the south of Constanta County is expected to see the highest level of flooding.