Hungary Flood

epa02163905 Volunteers fill sandbags next to a flooded road crossing at the ramp of M30 highway in Miskolc, 173 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, 19 May 2010. Due to torrential rainfalls in the past few days unprecedented floods have caused critical situation in most parts of Hungary. More than 72,000 hectares of fields are floodedat least 1800 firemen, volunteerslocal residents are fighting agains flooding rivers along 770 kilometres in northern Hungary. Nearly 1,500 people were evacuated from their homes inundated or endangered by the floods throughout the country over the past 24-hours.  EPA/PETER E. VARKONYI  HUNGARY OUT