Watch: Activists Bring Camels To Budapest Warning 'Hungary Could Become A Desert'
- 19 Aug 2021 8:05 AM
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Photo for illustration purposes only: Budapest Zoo
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Photo for illustration purposes only: Budapest Zoo
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Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony marked the August 20 national holiday on Thursday by wishing Hungary a "happy rebirthday" and highlighted the need to strengthen the resilience of Hungary and Budapest.
A 35-year-old woman had to be freed after she got stuck in the mud of the shrinking Lake Velence late Wednesday evening. A Gárdony police officer who had just gone off duty heard the report via the police radio, and went to help the woman.
Hungary has declared an emergency drought alert due to severe water shortages across much of the country.
Lake Velence’s water level could fall by around 20cm by August, according to government forecasts, leaving parts of the lake fragmented into isolated pools separated by dry land, said Zoltán Orbán, press secretary for the Ministry of the Living Environment.
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