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Water level of Danube continues to rise in Budapest, flooding the city’s embankment roads

(28 Dec 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Budapest, Hungary - 28 December 2023 1. Wide of high water in front of the Hungarian Parliament building 2. Various of a Danube boat ticket office under water 3. Pan of the flooding Danube in downtown Budapest 4. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Sandor Esztergalyos, tourists from Debrecen, eastern Hungary: “We're standing next to Europe's biggest river, which can carry away any flash floods at the summer so fast we don't even notice. But now the weather has caused a sudden melting of all the snow, and we're facing a flood in the winter.” 5. Wide of a road closure sign 6.Pan of the flooded embankment road of Budapest 7. Wide of a flooded under path 8. Wide of flooded tram tracks 9. Wide of the historic Chain bridge of the Danube river 9. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Marta Mork, Budapest resident: ”I've never seen a Christmas flood before. But unfortunately, things are unpredictable, it can be more and more common.” 10. Various of flooded embarkment roads on both sides of the Danube river. 11. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Marta Mork, Budapest resident: “My friends and I like to come out here to party. And our favourite places are all flooded now.” 12. Wide of flooded benches 13. Wide of a traffic sign in the water 14. Wide of a cyclist turning around from the flooded embankment road STORYLINE: Hungary's Danube river flooded the embankment roads of the country's capital on Thursday. Snow melt due to mild weather in the Danube's basin led to an increase in water flow in the river and its tributaries. Hungary's General Directorate of Water Management predicted that the water level will rise slightly higher on Thursday, to reach a peak of around 700 centimetres (23 feet) in Budapest. Accurate forecasting of the Danube tidal surge has also been significantly hampered by the heavy rainfall in recent days. Sandor Esztergalyos, a tourist from the eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen, has traveled to Budapest to show the flooding Danube to his son. Almost 1200 kilometers (745 miles) of flood protection alert has been declared in Hungary. While some of the smaller rivers in the western side of the country started to return to their beds, water level of the Danube is predicted to fall only slowly. University student and Budapest resident Marta Mork has walked around the flooded embankment roads of her city, commenting that her "favourite places are all flooded now". It is calculated that the water level may go below the Budapest’s embankment roads on December 30, but on the southern stretch of the Danube, the peak is still some way off. In southern Hungary, the river is forecast to peak on the last day of the year at 812 centimeters (26,6 feet). Rivers surges have causing localized flooding in other parts of Europe, with firefighters and volunteers working to reinforce dykes against rising floodwaters in northern and eastern Germany, while several flood plains went underwater in the eastern Netherlands where temporary dykes were being built with large sandbags to protect the country. AP video by Bela Szandelszky =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...