Hungary Flood

HUNGARY FLOODEPA02192180 AN AERİAL PİCTURE MADE ON 08 JUNE 2010 SHOWS MİLİTARY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL İNPECTİNG A STEEL REİNFORCEMENT WASHED AWAY BY THE

epa02192180 An aerial picture made on 08 June 2010 shows military emergency personnel inpecting a steel reinforcement washed away by the flooding river Hernad that broke through a dyke near Ocsanalos, 193 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 17:16:17