A fresh wave of flooding Tuesday hit Bulgaria and Romania and an 85-year-old Bulgarian woman was killed as her house was swept away.

Four Bulgarian municipalities were declared in a state of crisis amid intensive floods that have affected the regions of Sofia, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora and Sliven, said the country's Civil Defense agency.

In the worst-hit district of Kaloyanovo in central Bulgaria, an 85-year-old woman drowned as her house was torn down by a heavy flood late Monday, the agency said.

The flood cut off electricity in hundreds of households across the country and many roads are impassable due to flooding or landslides.

In Romania, 16 counties in the south and east were put on flood alert after heavy rain which began late Monday had submerged many houses and roads in the capital city of Bucharest.

It is the sixth time that floods have hit Romania this year, claiming a totol of 66 lives.

Source: Xinhua