Hungary Flood

HUNGARY FLOODEPA02192220 AN AERİAL PİCTURE MADE ON 08 JUNE 2010 SHOWS A MİLİTARY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT WORK ON A DYKE ON THE FLOODİNG RİVER HERNAD NE

epa02192220 An aerial picture made on 08 June 2010 shows a military emergency personnel at work on a dyke on the flooding river Hernad near Felsoezsolca, 182 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.  SANDOR H. SZABO   HUNGARY OUT  EPA/SANDOR H. SZABO HUNGARY OUT

08.06.2010 17:29:34