In several districts of the Banská Bystrica and Košice regions, it is necessary to count on Fridays with floods. The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI) therefore issued hydrological first -level hydrological alerts with preliminary validity until 15.00.
Floods from permanent rain can be created almost in the whole Banská Bystrica region, within Košice it is necessary to count in the districts of Košice surroundings – Bodva, Košice surroundings – Hornád and Rožňava. “Given (expected, persistent) permanent rain and saturation of river basin is a presumption of rise in water levels on streams with the possibility of achieving and exceeding aquatic states corresponding to the degree of flood activity,“SHMI approached.