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The body of a 73-year-old man was found in the flooded basement of a family home in Devín borough, [133] and the level of Danube reached 966 centimeters at 10 a.m. [132] On Wednesday, 18 September, the level of the Danube and Morava peaked between 970 and 980 centimeters, in Devín they reached approximately 910 centimeters. [134]
The Danube reached height of 970 centimeters on 17 September, at 2:30 a.m., [62] at 7:00 a.m. The body of a 73-year-old man was found in the flooded basement of a family home in Devín borough, [ 5 ] and the level of Danube reached 966 centimeters at 10 a.m. [ 62 ] On 18 September, the level of the Danube and Morava in Bratislava peaked between ...
The Danube stood at 1.17 metres in Budapest on Tuesday, which compares with an all-time record low of around 0.4 metres registered in October 2018. During floods the Danube rises well above 6 metres.
The spring weather preceding the flooding had been wet in the region, and May 2013 had been one of the three wettest in the last 156 years in Austria, together with the years 1962 and 1965. Austria saw twice as much rainfall as average during the month, [ 7 ] resulting in the ground in the region becoming saturated.
Meterorologist Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist at WPLG Local 10 in Miami, expects "to see a return of big hurricanes going into the first full week of October," he wrote in his daily update ...
The European Flood Awareness System is a European Commission initiative to increase preparedness for riverine floods across Europe.. The disastrous floods in Elbe and Danube rivers in 2002 confronted the European Commission with non-coherent flood warning information from different sources and of variable quality, complicating planning and organization of aid.
The Danube runs through Budapest, Bratislava, Belgrade and Vienna (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Viking River Cruises’ Capitals of Eastern Europe itinerary is a 16-night trip covering the main ...
The Danube river was at its peak 865 cm (28 ft 4 in) high in Budapest, Hungary, higher than the previous record of 848 cm in 2002. During the floods, approximately 11,000 buildings were in danger of flood damage, 32,000 people were threatened by the water, and 1.72 square kilometres (475 acres) of land were actually under water.