Preparations are underway in Budapest for the arrival of the peak wave on the Danube, which is expected to arrive on Saturday. The most difficult situation remains in the west Hungarianwhere several towns are cut off from the world.
Still on Wednesday Viktor Orban he reported that Hungary enters critical phase of flood defence. However, he assessed that the country “is prepared for this.”
Flood: Hungary prepares for big water
As reported on Thursday by the management of the Capital Sewage Company (FCSM), the construction of all fortifications and embankments, which will be responsible for keeping the Danube in its bed, will be completed by the evening. In some places, the embankments will even reach nine meters high.
According to local media, the difficult situation continues in the Danube Bend, where the water level is still rising. On Wednesday evening, the city of Kisorishi was cut off from the world. Access roads to the island of Solyom were also closed. A similar situation is also in Vac and Kismaros, where due to flooding it was decided to close several roads and streets.
Firefighters, residents, and the military are working to combat the element. Additionally, prisoners from prisons are also working on the site.
It is expected that on Saturday at the time of the arrival of the culminating wave the water will reach 846 cm – in the record year 2013 it was 891 cm.
Italy. The fight against the element continues, thousands of people have been evacuated
Italians are raising the alarm about the worrying situation in the Emilia-Romagna region, where due to floods thousands of residents were evacuated. According to forecasts, heavy rainfall will not leave the country for the near future.
As reported by the Italian agency ANSA, on the night from Wednesday to Thursday due to critical weather conditions rail traffic has been suspended. There is still a huge risk of rivers flooding.
The city mayors are responding to the worrying situation by appealing to people to stay on the upper floors of buildings or leave them altogether. residents are asked to take with them drinking water, food, medicines and mobile phones.
In Cesenatico, 200 millimeters of rain fell in two days, streets and roads are flooded in this area. In turn, the mayor of Forli, Gian Luca Zattini, called on people living near the Montone River to leave their homes.
A similar appeal was made by the local administration in Ravenna. Thousands of people were evacuated from Castel Bolognese. The situation is very difficult in Faenza, where a red alert was announced. The streets are flooded there.
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