Flooding on the Danube River

The weather in Eastern Europe has been a bit unusual for the summer. There have been very heavy rains north of Budapest, specifically on the Czech Republic/Poland border. There is a lock system on the Danube River and I am sure that is one reason that the flooding is not severe. In one news post, it was noted that the river would crest at 7.4 meters above its normal level. A meter is equal to approximately 3 feet, so about 22 ft. above its normal level. The picture of the street with the water lapping it is close to our building. As you can see, the water would still have to overcome another high wall, before it would be at street level - probably another 20 feet.

The next picture is a view of the Parliament Building across the Danube and the water is coming up on the foundation of the building. There is a street on both sides of the river that runs right along the river bank and it is closed on both sides of the river, due to the height of the water.

The next pictures is of an unoccupied boat dock and the gangway is underwater, which is the case for most of the cruise lines in Budapest. Some of them have made elevated gangways, as illustrated by the next photo. That is one I would not want to climb. It looks like a Captain Hook's walking the plank kind of gangway!.