Due to the cyclone passing over us, the extremely rainy weather continued, mainly in the eastern and western parts of the Alps and the Carpathian Basin, and even there is no end to the rain wrote fresh in its meaning the Water Affairs.
As of Monday, the level of flood protection preparedness in Budapest will rise to level three, the mayor’s office told MTI on Saturday. According to their information, based on the latest forecasts, the water level of the Danube near Budapest will rise by one meter per day from Monday, where the river is expected to peak with a water level exceeding eight meters in the second half of next week.
Since the protection becomes much more intense at such a water level, on Monday, September 16, from zero o’clock on all sections of Budapest raises it to the third degree flood protection preparedness, they added.
In the upper reaches of the Danube, the settlements of the Danube Bend have started flood protection and the construction of defense works.
Flood protection has also begun in Szob, on the border, and the lower rooms of the swimming pool on the Danube are being secured, writes the representative of the region’s parliament on his social media site after the on-site orientation.
Bence Rétvári, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, consulted with Kismaroson mayor Rudolf Neubauer about the flood situation and defense works. The mayor and those involved in the preparation of the defense are constantly monitoring the data, the water level of the Danube, while the construction of the protection works has begun.
Photo: Bianka Bodonyi
The mayor of Nagymaros, Balázs Heinczinger, also gave information about the flood situation. The city manager said that the first elements of the mobile barrier have been put in place, and the rest will be installed in the next few days.
2024-09-14 19:52:29