The Waltz Not The Flood

[Flanders]

The Danube flooding surprised me. Floods in India, China, and South America are as common as floods here in the US, but I do not recall ever reading about a European river flooding:

BUDAPEST | Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:30am EDT

(Reuters) - The Hungarian capital escaped damage from the swollen river Danube, which peaked at record high levels in Budapest overnight and started receding slowly on Monday morning, the city's mayor said on Monday.
Floods have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes over the past week in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. At least a dozen people have died because of the deluge.
On Sunday thousands of people left their homes in eastern Germany as a dam burst on the River Elbe and swathes of farmland were flooded in an attempt to spare towns.

Budapest escapes floods, Danube starts to recede | Reuters

Oh well, I will always think of the world’s best-known, and most loved waltz, whenever I think of the Danube:

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