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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 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.
Climate data for Romania Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 22.2 (72.0) 28.0 (82.4) 32.8 (91.0) 35.6
The following day, reports indicated that the Danube's water level at Passau had risen to 10 metres (33 ft), with this increase extending downstream into Austria and Hungary. [17] On 4 June, a 57 year old woman lost control with her car on a flooded road. She was later found dead. [18]
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]
The heaviest rainfall occurs in early summer and again in October; heavy showers and thunderstorms are common. Because of the irregular terrain, heavy summer rains often cause erosion and river silting. Weather records: The highest temperature ever recorded was 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) at Fălești on 7 August 2012. [1]
Danube is an Old European river name derived from the Celtic 'danu' or 'don' [16] (both Celtic gods), which itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European *deh₂nu. Other European river names from the same root include the Dunaj, Dzvina/Daugava, Don, Donets, Dnieper, Dniestr, Dysna and Tana/Deatnu.
An image of the Gulf Stream's path and its related branches The average number of days per year with precipitation The average amount of sunshine yearly (hours). The climate of western Europe is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air (for the latitude) over Northwestern Europe in the winter months, especially in Ireland, the United Kingdom and coastal Norway.