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Flooding in Budapest, Hungary on 5 June 2013 The historic center of Passau, where the Danube , Inn and Ilz converge, was underwater on 1 June 2013, [ 19 ] with the water levels reaching 12.85 m (42.2 ft), overflowing the highest recorded historic flood level.
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.
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 ...
* Flooding affected 10 square km and 6,500 buildings in Opava, a city of 56,000 just west of Ostrava. * Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura said damage could be in the ballpark of around 100 ...
Hungary's government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán deployed soldiers to reinforce barriers along the Danube, and thousands of volunteers assisted in filling sandbags in dozens of riverside settlements. In Budapest, authorities closed the city’s lower quays, which are expected to be breached by rising waters later in the day.
Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.'
The San Diego Fire Department said all residents affected by the flooding should bleach their gloves and shoes after cleaning out storm damage because much of the storm waters were mixed with ...
In Komárom-Esztergom County, the first flood warning level was called. The Leitha in Hungarian territory was not affected. On 26 June a cautious all-clear was announced for the Danube between Esztergom and Budapest because the water levels remained lower than had been feared. The peak was expected on the night of 27 June into the 28th and was ...