The Record for a Half-century of Flooding Broken A fifty-one year flood record was broken on Monday on the Dráva river at Őrtilos in southwest Hungary, at the... 2023.08.09.
Severe Floods Have Country on Alert Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed the flooding caused by the heavy rains of the past few days at the National... 2023.08.08.
Government Offers Disaster Management Assistance to Georgia L-R: Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili Hungary has offered disaster relief assistance to Georgia,... 2023.08.07.
Hungary Rushes to Slovenia’s Help amid Massive Floods Following his talks with his Slovenian counterpart Marjan Sarec, Minister of Defense Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky announced that Hungarian Defense Forces helicopters... 2023.08.07.
New Reservoir Prepares Hungary for the Next Drought After this year’s devastating droughts the urgency of storing and managing water reserves has become imperative. István Láng, Director General... 2022.11.01.
UN Climate Change Report Spells Potential Disaster for Hungary The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is not an announcement of the end of the world,... 2021.08.10.
Huge Storm Hits Budapest Within just a short time, emergency services were alerted to almost 50 locations in Budapest and its surrounding areas as... 2021.07.19.
Orbán Offers Condolences and Aid to Germany Flood Victims Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, expressing Hungary's condolences to the families of... 2021.07.16.
Hundreds Protest Planned Levee Project on Hajógyári Island On Wednesday, hundreds of people formed human chains, protesting against a planned project to build a levee on Hajógyári Island... 2020.07.10.
Budapest Leaders Oppose Gov’t Plans on Hajógyári Island After Impact Study Made Public In reference to an impact study which revealed that plans would involve felling up to 1,000 trees, both Budapest mayor... 2020.07.01.
Hungarian-Austrian Flood Alert System Completed for River Rába A flood alert and forecast system has been prepared by Hungarian and Austrian experts for the River Rába, the western... 2020.06.02.
EC Announces EUR 145m EU Support for Hungary Flood Protection Hungary will receive more than 145 million euros in project funding from the European Union cohesion fund for developing flood... 2020.03.19.
Streets Of Budapest Flooded As Hungary Hit By Heavy Rain On Tuesday Afternoon – Photos & Videos! Rainwater flooding the streets and even subway stations, damaged cars, traffic delays, uprooted trees, cables torn down – these were... 2017.05.24.
Spring Flood Warnings Issued For Budapest And Ten Other Hungarian Conties More than 15-20 mm of rainfall is expected in the next few days in Hungary as rain hits the country,... 2016.03.01.
