Budapest, Hungary - September 18, 2024 The Danube, which had overflowed its banks, began flooding Budapest's embankments. The cause of the flooding was Cyclone Boris, which caused a lot of ...

“I was born and raised in Budapest more than 50 years ago, and I have to say that a flood this bad is rare,” Polgar wrote in a post on X. “The damage is quite extensive.” Public transport ...

Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a press conference that Budapest was 100% prepared for the flood peak. "The defense lines have been raised to 9m along the entire length of the ...

In Slovakia's capital Bratislava and the Hungarian capital Budapest have both been preparing for possible flooding as the River Danube rose. As our colleagues in BBC Weather point out, climate ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated residents as the worst flooding in years spreads across Central Europe ...

Heavy flooding has affected a large part of the ... including two Central European gems: Budapest, the Hungarian capital on the Danube River, and Wroclaw, a city in southwestern Poland on the ...

The mayor of Budapest said the Hungarian capital is preparing for the worst flooding in a decade. Boris, which "unleashed several months' worth of rain in just a few days," was spawned by a "rare ...

Budapest said it would close roads near the river Danube which runs through the Hungarian capital, citing the risk of flooding later this week. “Please evacuate your belongings, yourselves ...

In Hungary, flood waters continued to rise as authorities closed roads and rail stations. Ferries along the Danube River halted. In the capital, Budapest, water spilled over the city’s lower ...

Heavy flooding has affected a large part of the region in recent ... Other places braced for the worst yet to come, including two Central European gems: Budapest, the Hungarian capital on the Danube ...