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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 Little Danube in Esztergom, on 20 September at the Bottyán Bridge. As of 17 September, 500 kilometres (310 mi) of the Danube is under flood warnings in preparation due to rising waters. In Budapest, the city government handed out 1 million sandbags to citizens. Train services between Budapest and Vienna were cancelled. [66]
Parts of this ancient river's bed, which was much larger than today's Danube, can still be seen in (now waterless) canyons in today's landscape of the Swabian Alb. After the Upper Rhine valley had been eroded, most waters from the Alps changed their direction and began feeding the Rhine. Today's upper Danube is thus an underfit stream.
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 lowest level recorded in the Danube was 1.3 feet in October 2018, according to Reuters. On Tuesday, the Danube measured 3.8 feet high by Budapest, the outlet said.
Flood level of the Seine in Paris 2016 against the flood height of 1910. In France, the river Seine burst its banks and one town was evacuated. [when?] Four people died in the floods. [10] An 86-year-old woman was found dead in Souppes-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, after her house was flooded. [3]
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.