- Title: SLOVAKIA: Swollen Danube floods Slovakian town
- Date: 7th June 2013
- Summary: KOMARNO, SLOVAKIA (JUNE 7, 2013) (REUTERS) BRIDGE OVER DANUBE BETWEEN SLOVAKIA AND HUNGARY RIVER UNDER BRIDGE HELICOPTER FLYING HELICOPTER FLYING OVER PORT TOURIST SHIPS BLOCKED HELICOPTER LANDING VARIOUS OF FIRE ENGINES IN STREET TWO POLICEMEN REGULATING TRAFFIC TRUCK LOADED WITH SAND SAND ON TRUCK VARIOUS OF FIREMEN LOADING SAND IN BAGS FIREMEN PASSING BAGS TO OTHER FIREMEN OVER METAL BARRICADE FIREMEN LOADING SAND BAGS FIREMEN REINFORCING BARRIER WITH SAND BAGS HANDS MOVING SAND BAGS FIREMEN LOADING SAND BAGS/PEOPLE ON STREET TWO MEN AND WOMAN LOOKING ON TRUCK ON STREET/FIRE ENGINES PARKED FLOODED PORT AND CARGO RAIL STATION MAN WALKING IN WATER PEOPLE IN BOAT TWO MEN IN BOAT WOMAN WATCHING PEOPLE ON BRIDGE/WORKERS REINFORCING BARRIERS MAN PREPARING SAND BAG VARIOUS OF FLOODED TENNIS COURT VARIOUS OF FLOODED HOUSE FLOODED TRAFFIC SIGNS PEOPLE FILLING SAND BAGS THREE FIREMEN REINFORCING BARRIER WITH SAND BAGS PEOPLE LOOKING AT STRANDED ROMANIAN RIVER BOAT
- Embargoed: 22nd June 2013 13:00
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- Location: Slovakia
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- Country: Slovakia
- Topics: Disasters
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- Story Text: Parts of Slovakian town of Komarno, on the border with Hungary and some 100 kilometres east of capital Bratislava, were left under water on Friday (June 7), as water level in the Danube reached 841 centimetres.
Slovak experts warned that the on-going fall in water level will be slow, and that state of emergency should remain in force.
Komarno, the biggest Slovakian port on the Danube, has been bought to the standstill by the flood raging through Central Europe.
A couple of tourist boat were stranded on the river.
Slovakian navigation authorities have stopped the river transport until further notice.
Entrance to Komarno shipyard was closed, and workers together with firemen strengthened water barriers with sand bags.
On Wednesday (June 5), Bratislava's western district of Devin was severely flooded as nearby rivers the Morava and the Danube spilled over the barriers, bringing all traffic to a standstill and cutting off residents who have been evacuated on heavy duty army trucks.
In Central Europe's worst flooding since 2002, tens of thousands of residents had to be evacuated in areas of South Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia.
A dozen people are reported to have been killed in the region.
Water levels were falling on all Czech rivers on Thursday (June 6) while parts of Austria remained flooded.
The surge of water along the Danube is moving on downstream towards Hungary. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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