Disaster management improved near Lake Balaton
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About 3.2 million euros of EU investment can be used for improving the disaster management systems around Lake Balaton until the middle of 2019, according to VG.hu. 1.4 million euros will be spent on the storm forecast system and 1.5 on increasing the capacity of the firefighter units around the lake.
It is about time, as Lake Balaton’s water level is currently at a critical height; the management is drained with the maximum capacity into the Sió Canal, but the canal’s level is also on a record level, as Index reported. The lake’s water level reached 131 centimetres by Monday morning. The water level has never been this high in the last 12 years.
A third-degree alert was announced for the water damage management in multiple settlements around Lake Balaton from 16 March.
The rainy and snowy weather of the recent days caused a dangerous water level at Balatonfenyves, which is situated in the lowest point around the lake. The drainage canals are all full, and the water has already flown into some yards. Real estates are not threatened yet.
Hungarian National Weather Service stated that though there have been occurrences of such wintry weather conditions in March in the past couple of years, it is not usual. They claimed that after one week of spring weather, the sudden cold brought lost of humidity which immediately caused damages such as power cuts and traffic difficulties.