Hungary Flood

HUNGARY FLOODEPA02192177 AN AERİAL PİCTURE MADE ON 08 JUNE 2010 SHOWS EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT WORK AS THEY REİNFORCE A DYKE ON THE RİVER HERNAD NEAR ON

epa02192177 An aerial picture made on 08 June 2010 shows emergency personnel at work as they reinforce a dyke on the river Hernad near Onga 194 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary. So far some 2,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the region because of the floods of three riversseveral brooks which burst their banks due to several days' of torrential rains. An approximately 20,000-strong emergency personnel are continuously working along the river edges.  EPA/SANDOR H. SZABO HUNGARY OUT

08.06.2010 17:16:16