Thousands of German and Hungarian people evacuated because of record high floods

Floodwaters continued to rise in eastern Germany, forcing local officials to evacuate many families and a hospital, while Hungary increased protection against the risk of the biggest flood in Central Europe in a decade. past century.

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In Saxony-Anhalt state of Germany, as of the afternoon of June 8, thousands of people were evacuated when the water level of the Elbe river had already reached a record high in the past few days, now increasing by 1cm every hour.

Military and police jets flew sandbags to the area to strengthen the critical dykes. Meanwhile, patients at a hospital in the city of Bitterfeld are also taken to safety before the risk of dike breaks.

Flooding in Hungary

The city of Muehlberg in Brandenburg state has evacuated people from the past few days, but the situation is still very tense. About 900 soldiers and volunteers had to work through the night to build an emergency route to serve a hedge of cargo trucks to a dike section to be reinforced to protect the dyke at all costs.

About 1,500 people were evacuated from the Northeast due to high river water. Lifeguards and volunteers worked non-stop to strengthen critical anvil sections, build protective lines, drain water and transfer sandbags to dyke sections at risk of rupture.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the government would protect each section of the dyke, every citizen and not let anyone in danger. Viktor Orban said 972 people, including 188 people in Budapest, were evacuated to safety by the morning of June 8.

The bridge connecting the Hungarian town of Esztergom with Slovakia has been closed to ensure safety, as the water level of the Danube continues to rise in cities and villages in southern Slovakia.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic is trying to clean up the pavement after the water recedes, but the Prime Minister Petr Necas warned that the flooding situation has not ended because of heavy rain in the next few days.

The Austrian Ministry of the Interior confirmed that four of its citizens were killed and two others were still missing in the last flood, bringing the total number of deaths due to floods in Europe last week to 18.

Austrian Meteorological Agency warned that heavy rain in the next few days could cause more serious floods and landslides in the country.