Hungary invaded by bloodthirsty mosquitos

Hungarian disaster management authorities are trying to do their best on hundreds of hectares in 150 settlements and by even applying chemical clearing in the Szigetköz (Little Rye Island) to get rid of them but they had little success yet.

Authorities try to do their best even in extreme weather conditions

According to a statement of the National Directorate General for Disaster Management (NDGDM), they have already fought against mosquitoes in 300 settlements and on 158 thousand hectares since April 30 – reported index.hu. In the last couple of weeks, they received hundreds of requests for mosquito clearing, and they try to do their best. According to the authorities, an extremely high number of mosquitoes

are to be expected even in the next few weeks

but they tirelessly work to clear the most infected areas in:

• seven districts of Budapest (near or close to the Danube river)
• settlements near the Danube and the Drava rivers
• Fejér, Tolna, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Vas, and Bács-Kiskun counties
• Szigetköz (Little Rye Island)
• the area of Baja and Mohács
• the neighbourhood of Lake Tisza

Authorities said that the reason behind the many mosquitoes hatched in Hungary this summer are the massive spring floods on the rivers, the rainy May and the warmth that arrived suddenly. Furthermore, from last Wednesday to last Sunday, all aerial clearings had to be stopped because mosquitoes did not come out until evening and, based on the Hungarian aeronautic rules, they cannot work in the dark. 

Therefore, many aerial clearings have been postponed in settlements of the Dunakanyar/Danube Bend, in Kaposvár (Somogy county) and near Lake Balaton. However,