Hungary Flood

HUNGARY FLOODEPA02192182 AN AERİAL PİCTURE MADE ON 08 JUNE 2010 SHOWS MİLİTARY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL LOWERİNG SANDBAGS FROM A HELİCOPTER TO REİNFORCE A

epa02192182 An aerial picture made on 08 June 2010 shows military emergency personnel lowering sandbags from a helicopter to reinforce a dyke along the flooding river Hernad near Ocsanalos, 192 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 17:17:14