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Hungary evacuates 2,000 people as precaution against floods

Hungarian authorities evacuated more than 2,000 people from the western village of Gyorujfalu on Friday as a precaution against flooding along the river Danube.

 

Tens of thousands have been evacuated and at least a dozen people killed in floods that have hit Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic in recent days. "The dyke is so far stable but water pressure is so high that we decided to evacuate Gyorujfalu due to safety considerations," Prime Minister Viktor Orban was quoted as saying by national news agency MTI. (Reuters)

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.07.13, 23:57