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Flood Watch Budapest: Peak expected by midnight on June 9

June 9, 2013June 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

According to Máté Márk Kisdi, spokesperson of National Disaster Management, the peak of the Danube flood is to be expected

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Europe 

Record floodwaters expected in Budapest on June 11

June 8, 2013June 9, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Thousands have been forced to flee their homes and at least a dozen left dead amid severe flooding across Central

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: city only protected to 930cm, mayor says

June 8, 2013June 8, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Budapest mayor István Tarlós has announced that Budapest is currently protected to a water level of 930cm, not 950cm as

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Europe 

Danube to peak in Budapest on June 11

June 7, 2013June 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

The Danube River is expected to peak in the Hungarian capital city Budapest on June 11, according to official estimates,

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Flood Watch Budapest: 55 000 people may have to be evacuated, PM says

June 6, 2013June 7, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Up to 55 000 people could be evacuated in the Budapest area, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told MTI this

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Danube flooding ‘unlikely to affect Bulgaria’

June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Hungary, Rousse

Water levels of the Danube near the Bulgarian town of Svishtov are rising but authorities have said that there is

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: Class 1 Weather warning issued for June 5

June 5, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

The Hungarian weather service (OMSZ) has issued a Class 1 weather warning for torrential rain on the afternoon of June

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Europe 

Flood waters in Central Europe sweep towards eastern Germany

June 5, 2013June 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia

The surging flood waters that have caused 12 deaths and extensive damage across Central Europe are sweeping north and east

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: Class 1 Storm warning issued

June 4, 2013June 5, 2013 The Budapest Times Czech Republic, Hungary

The Hungarian Weather Service, OMS, has issued a yellow Class 1 weather warning for Budapest and the northern parts of

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