In the second half of June, the creek Tarna and her tributaries, the rivers Zagyva and Ipoly carried already flood discharges, when a violent storm brought ample rainfall over the catchment area of the Kemence and Bemece creecks in the Börzsöny Mountains. The flood triggered on the Kemence Creek has caused has wrought heavy losses in the narrow valley and the reservoir built on the creek.
A committee, the findings of which have thrown light on some fundamental issues related to the failure, which – fortunately – has not caused heavy losses and claimed no human life, investigated the circumstances of the abnormal event.
Source: Journal of the Hydrological Society, Vol. 81, March-April 2001
László Nagy
National Water Authority, OVF
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