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Hungary: Floods Preparedness - DREF operation n° MDRHU002

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Hongrie
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IFRC
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CHF 52,487 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 7th June 2013 to support the Hungarian Red Cross Society in strengthening their disaster response preparedness and in delivering assistance to 1,500 families affected by the floods on the river Danube.

Summary:

The flood wave on the Danube river reached Hungarian territory on Monday, 3rd June 2013 and reached the capital city of Budapest on 9th June. On 4th June a state of emergency was declared in three north western counties along the river (Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom and Pest) as well as in the capital city of Budapest. Over 1,500 people had been evacuated, emergency officers and volunteers from all over the country rushed to the affected areas, where the damages to houses, roads and farmlands exceeded the sum of HUF 100,000,000. The Hungarian Red Cross Society assisted 48,565 persons affected by the floods and provided food, water and sun shade to the people working on the defence. 3,700 Red Cross volunteers worked 16,543 hours with 600 staff working in the flood response until the end of June.

The Hungarian Red Cross was working together with the local authorities and the specialized agency for emergencies, the National Disaster Management Directorate of Hungary, participating in joint defence and support activities during the preparations, the response and also the recovery period of the operations.

This operation was completed according to the scheduled timetable of the operation, from 6th June 2013 to 6th July 2013.

The Mondelez Intl. Co. and Hewlett Packard Co. donated CHF 51,875 as a replenishment of the DREF allocation. The major donors and partners of the DREF include the Australian, American and Belgian Governments, the Austrian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian Government, the Danish Red Cross and the Danish Government, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the Irish Government and the Italian Government, the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Luxembourg Government, the Monaco Red Cross and the Monaco Government, the Netherlands Red Cross and the Netherlands Government, the Norwegian Red Cross and the Norwegian Government, the Spanish Government, the Swedish Red Cross and the Swedish Government, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Medtronic and Z Zurich Foundations, and other corporate and private donors. On behalf of the Hungarian National Society, the IFRC would like to extend its thanks to all donors and partners for their generous contributions.

After returning the unused working advance, a final balance of CHF 13,420 is expected, which will be returned to the DREF account. The final financial report will be provided around 20 October 2013.