The Buda and Pest lower quays were closed from eight in the evening, according to forecasts, the Danube will reach the lower quay on Tuesday morning. On the weekend, the cars parked there were warned to stop by Monday afternoon at the latest, because the Metropolitan Municipality Police Department will remove the vehicles left there from the evening.
Image: Economx / Tamás Nagy Hartl
In order for the defense on Margit Island to be undisturbed, from 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning, only vehicles participating in the defense may enter the protected zone of the island, and pedestrian traffic will also be restricted (for now only in the southern part of the island).
The National Directorate General of Water Resources expects the tide to peak at roughly 850 centimeters in the middle of the week. Level three flood preparedness is in effect in the affected areas.
Led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the flood protection operative group held a meeting early Monday morning at the BM National Emergency Management Center, where they listened to the reports of the heads of all state bodies involved in the protection.
Image: Economx / Tamás Hartl Nagy
The greatest preparedness is in the Szigetköz, the Danube Bend and Budapest.
According to mayor Gergely Karácsony, Margaret Island is the most critical in Budapest, where, fortunately, only the side facing the Margaret Bridge needs to be protected.
400 employees of Fővárosi Csatornázási Művek are working on the protection lines, 2 flood protection gates have been barricaded on the surface so far, in addition, 9 terminal and 10 automatic lifting stations have been switched to flood protection mode, and 30 flood protection sluices have been closed.
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Source: www.economx.hu
