Flood PHOTO REPORT: Hungary underwater
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The peaking arrived at the Danube Bend and authorities expect the water level will rise by an additional 0.5 metres in Budapest where all dams are ready to receive the flood. Here is our photo report about Hungary under the water brought by Cyclone Boris. Bad news is that such extremities will happen due to climate change and global warming.
Kisoroszi on the Northern tip of the Szentendre Island. Based on news outlets, one of the residents of the charming Hungarian town is 92 years old, but she did not abandon her house. She waits there for the end of the flood:
The lower embankments of Budapest underwater on Thursday:
Sandbags protecting the Batthány Square metro station. The metro does not stop there from today.
Budapest’s Margaret Island with the Margaret Bridge. Citizens no longer enter the Southern regions of the island, the Palatinus Bath has closed and even a mini zoo had to be evacuated due to the flood. The island is one of the weakest points of the flood protection system in Hungary.
UPDATE: Budapest Danube embankments occupied by the Danube:
Esztergom with the basilica and the Mária Valéria Bridge connecting Hungary with Slovakia. The bridge has not been closed for traffic but another border crossing has.
The Római Beach in Budapest underwater:
The Duna Aréna and the Dagály Beach in Budapest:
Here is how the Danube will peak in Budapest:
The Danube flood is visible from space. Scroll down in THIS article for the a video.
Leitha at Hegyeshalom:
PM Orbán: Six more days to go
According to forecasts, heightened preparedness in flood defence will have to stay in place for six more days, until next Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference. The prime minister on Friday praised protection efforts, saying that there were ample number of volunteers and coordination between state and municipal protection bodies had been seamless so far.
