Overall Green alert Flood
in Hungary

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This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102055
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Hungary
From - To 07 Jun - 09 Jun

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Hungary, Early June 2023Local media in Hungary reported minor flooding in Bodony, Recsk and Mátraderecsk in Heves County on 07 June 2023. Houses, basements, and yards were flooded. More severe flooding stuck in Gyöngyöstarján, also in Heves County, where one person was reported missing and later found dead.. National Directorate General of Disaster Management (BMOK) of Hungary reported flooding in Nógrád County. BMOK reported basements of family houses were flooded in Pászto. Volunteers and emergency crews installed temporary flood barriers. Flood incidents were also reported in Szuha, Ecseg and Szurdokpüspöki. No injuries or evacuations were reported, as of 09 June.Fri 9 Jun 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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On June 12, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna invited to the opening of the new hydraulic engineering laboratory on the Brigittenauer Sporn in the 20th district. Vienna (OTS) The ceremonial opening of the lock
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Index – Interior – The weather is wreaking havoc in Hungary2023-06-09T15:34+0200.

Downpours and thunderstorms give firefighters more and more tasks. They mostly work on pumping out water that breaks into gardens and residential buildings, but they also ask for their help in removing fallen trees and broken branches, writ
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Google también está expandiendo su interfaz de pronóstico de inundacio ... 2023-05-25T19:16+0200.

Las inundaciones se encuentran entre las principales amenazas climáticas para la seguridad humana y los medios de subsistencia y se estima que afectan a más de 250 millones de personas en todo el mundo cada año, causando daños económicos po
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Hungary has also been included in Google’s flood warning platform2023-05-24T12:42+0200.

Google’s Flood Hub service can help notify those affected in time of a potential flood. According to the company, the application can reduce the amount of damage caused by a natural disaster. Floods, which have become more frequent due to c
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),