Hungary Flood

HUNGARY FLOODEPA02192221 AN AERİAL PİCTURE MADE ON 08 JUNE 2010 SHOWS RESİDENTİAL VOLUNTEERS FİLLİNG SANDBAGS ON A DYKE ON THE FLOODİNG RİVER HERNAD N

epa02192221 An aerial picture made on 08 June 2010 shows residential volunteers filling sandbags 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 17:30:39