It will be donated by the foreign ministry, the national disaster management authority and the municipal water works.

Hungary will also send an eight-member team to operate the equipment, Mikola said.

The floods were triggered by melting snow in the north and heavy rainfall in the south. So far up to 700 families have been evacuated, he said.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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