24 result(s) for rainfall in Current Affairs
Hungary Donates Water Purifying Equipment To Floodhit Albania
- 19 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will install a piece of water purification equipment in a floodstricken region of Albania, István Mikola, a foreign ministry state secretary, said. The machine will ensure supplying drinking water to 66,000 residents a day.
Cyclone Yvette To Bring Windstorms To Hungary
- 15 May 2014 1:09 AM
- current affairs
The Mediterranean cyclone Yvette is expected to reach Hungary, bringing gusty winds and triggering heavy rainfall, the weather services reported yesterday. Windstorms are also forecast for today, with over 100km per hour gusts (mostly in the western regions).
Xpat Opinion: Days Of National Solidarity: Preparing For The Flood
- 6 Jun 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: One of the wettest springs in a century, combined with a recent weather system that has dumped nearly a foot of rain on central Europe, is unleashing a record-breaking flood in the countries of the Danube River Basin. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and, now, Hungary are battling the high waters.
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...
WWF: Loopholes In EU Legislation Permitted Inadequate Storage At Hungarian Site
- 12 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Standards for Hungarian tailing dam number 10 at the Ajka Alumina plant in western Hungary were entirely inadequate, underlining loopholes in EU legislation and national enforcement, WWF said today as new information became available regarding heavy metals contained in the spill.
Rain Wreaks Nationwide Havoc In Hungary
- 17 May 2010 7:00 AM
- current affairs
"Environment Minister Imre Szabó told reporters that a state of alert will probably be ordered on Monday in response to the weekend’s torrential rainfall.
Hungary Donates Water Purifying Equipment To Floodhit Albania
- 19 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will install a piece of water purification equipment in a floodstricken region of Albania, István Mikola, a foreign ministry state secretary, said. The machine will ensure supplying drinking water to 66,000 residents a day.
Cyclone Yvette To Bring Windstorms To Hungary
- 15 May 2014 1:09 AM
- current affairs
The Mediterranean cyclone Yvette is expected to reach Hungary, bringing gusty winds and triggering heavy rainfall, the weather services reported yesterday. Windstorms are also forecast for today, with over 100km per hour gusts (mostly in the western regions).
Xpat Opinion: Days Of National Solidarity: Preparing For The Flood
- 6 Jun 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: One of the wettest springs in a century, combined with a recent weather system that has dumped nearly a foot of rain on central Europe, is unleashing a record-breaking flood in the countries of the Danube River Basin. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and, now, Hungary are battling the high waters.
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...
WWF: Loopholes In EU Legislation Permitted Inadequate Storage At Hungarian Site
- 12 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Standards for Hungarian tailing dam number 10 at the Ajka Alumina plant in western Hungary were entirely inadequate, underlining loopholes in EU legislation and national enforcement, WWF said today as new information became available regarding heavy metals contained in the spill.
Rain Wreaks Nationwide Havoc In Hungary
- 17 May 2010 7:00 AM
- current affairs
"Environment Minister Imre Szabó told reporters that a state of alert will probably be ordered on Monday in response to the weekend’s torrential rainfall.