Karacsony: Budapest companies, institutions ready to protect capital from flood
The Budapest city council's companies and institutions are well-prepared for flood protection work and to protect the capital, Mayor Gergely Karacsony said on Sunday.
Karacsony said on Facebook that the lower embankments on both the Buda and Pest sides of the river will be closed to traffic from Monday evening, and he asked the owners of cars parked there to move their vehicles.
A four-kilometre clay dyke will be built along the Romai embankment of the river in northern Budapest, he added.
Karacsony said the city’s Margaret Island will be protected with sand bags, adding that this will be done with the help of machines so no volunteers are needed for the time being.
He said the largest flood of the past ten years was forecast to reach Budapest and it is expected to last long because raining continues on the Danube’s water catchment areas.
