Central and Eastern Europe was affected by strong floods, and a particularly difficult situation befell Romania, as well as Poland, Hungary and Austria. The floods caused people to suffer, and many citizens were evacuated. In Poland alone, the evacuation of all residents of the city of Nisa, about 44,000 people, was ordered. The weather disasters destroyed thousands of houses, as well as some of the important international roads, and the total material damage is yet to be calculated.
Due to the situation in Europe, the Public Water Company “Srbijavoda” says that the competent water companies and expert services of the VPC “Sava-Danube” are in constant communication and that they are implementing all measures and activities in accordance with the General and Operational Defense Plan from floods. This includes visiting the sections, observing the state of defense lines with monitoring the state of bridges and culverts, as well as monitoring the rise/state of the water level. All necessary equipment, available resources and personnel will be on twenty-four-hour standby until the hydrological situation in all basins is completely stabilized.
Data from JVP “Srbijavoda” show that, taking into account the hydrological situation in the upper part of the basin, the water level of the Danube in our territory is increasing, but still significantly below the criteria for the implementation of flood defense measures. As an example, the Danube – Zemun is given, which is approximately three meters below the criteria for conducting regular defense. However, a significant increase in the water level can be expected, primarily due to the inflow of water from the upper parts of the basin, which will require the introduction and, therefore, the implementation of flood defense measures.
The same situation is expected in the Sava watercourse, where at the Šabac measuring station, on September 17 at six o’clock, the water level was read as approximately +3 centimeters (four meters below the criteria for the introduction of regular flood protection).
On smaller watercourses such as Kolubara, Jadar, Tamnava, Ub, Ljig, Mlava, Pek, Timok, the water level is expected to rise in the coming days. Special attention is focused on torrential watercourses and their impact on recipients, bearing in mind their character, which manifests itself during periods of intense rains in a short period of time, i.e. rapid propagation of flood waves on them.
The water level in Zapadna Morava, Velika Morava and Južno Morava is slightly increasing, with exceptions in some places where a slight decrease was recorded.
The Republic’s Hydrometeorological Institute announced that a higher water level rise is expected on the Danube in the coming days. Reaching and exceeding the limits of regular flood protection is expected near Bezdan on September 19, near Apatin on September 19 and 20, and near Bogojevo, Bačka Palanka and Novi Sad on September 20 and 21, with a tendency to further increase.
Srđan Kružević, director of JVP “Voda Vojvodina”, referred to the announcements of a greater increase in water levels.
“We do not expect an increase in the water level on the Tisa and Sava rivers, but emergency protection can be expected in Apatik and Bezdan, while the forecasts for Novi Sad and Slankamen are that the water level will be in the zone of regular flood protection,” said Kružević and added that teams are already on the field and are taking the necessary measures.
He also pointed out that, regardless of the pictures from European countries, we are safe at this stage.
“Regardless of the pictures from European countries, we are safe at this stage. The last high water level was in 2013, when it also arrived from Hungary, and now the water level is half a meter lower than then. In 2013, the water level near Novi Sad was around 700 centimeters. The regular flood defense is at 500 centimeters on the city side, on the Srem side at 450 centimeters, and the extraordinary one starts at 600 centimeters, while the height of the crown of the protective embankment is over 900 centimeters, so even if the scenario from 2013 is repeated, we have room for two more meters of water and not to be endangered. If the extremely high temperatures do not contribute to the melting of the snow that fell in Austria, there is no danger of major floods,” said Kružević.
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