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No stretch of land along the river is left open to the floods. The Danube has a rate of flow of 10,000 m 3 /s (350,000 cu ft/s) at its fastest, and 600 m 3 /s (21,000 cu ft/s) at its slowest, in the region of Budapest. The difference between water levels can be as high as 6 to 8 m (20 to 26 ft).
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 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.
Margaret Bridge (sometimes Margit Bridge) or Margit híd (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒrgit ˈhiːd]) is a three-way bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the Danube and linking Margaret Island to the banks. It is the second-northernmost and second-oldest public bridge in Budapest.
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The entire Austrian stretch of the Danube saw all shipping halted. [23] Budapest, Bratislava, and other river cities along the Danube enacted emergency preparations. [21] In Bratislava, the Danube peaked with a volumetric flow rate of 10,530 m 3 /s (372,000 cu ft/s), which is the highest flow rate ever recorded in Bratislava. [36]
Wheat prices rose sharply Monday following a strike by a Russian drone on a Ukrainian port on the Danube river.
It may be small comfort for those along the Colorado River, but rapidly dwindling water levels across the globe offer a lesson for us all.