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 Coastal Hazards in Romania  Coastal erosion is a growing concern around Europe. The removal of soil and sand by wind, water and human action has left several European coastal areas defenceless against flooding and high tides or extremely high tides, threatening human and marine life. On the Romanian coast, the entire southern sector of beaches and coastline have been acutely eroded by the construction of ports as well as dams along the Danube to the Black Sea. This has led to the deterioration of “sediment transport,” which is the natural movement of sand and gravel by the water. A Senior Water Engineer working at the European Investment Bank, which is lending €97 million for co-financing a project together with the European Commission to protect the Romanian Black Sea coast from erosion and floods. To tackle this issue, the Dobrogea Litoral Water Basin Administration is implementing the second phase of a project phase one was completed in 2017; that will reduce coastal erosion and pr

Extreme Weather in Romania Like other countries in south-east Europe, Romania has a temperate continental climate, with very warm summers and cold, snowy winters. The article Storm Mathis Brings Extreme Weather To Romania: Snow, Rain And Cold Expected,  discusses how Romania recently during its cold months which is in its peak in January experienced extreme weather. The cold, rainfalls and even snowfalls take over Romania. The Mathis storm that swept a large part of Europe arrives at night in our country. Meteorologists have already issued warnings of cold weather, heavy snow and strong winds. The temperatures will not exceed 10 degrees in the following days, and there will be a blizzard in the mountains and a consistent layer of snow will be deposited. The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) announced that, starting Monday night, a code yellow alert of significant precipitation, snow, wind intensification and particularly cold weather will come into effect in most of the cou