In pictures: Europe floods hit Danube in Hungary

Locals chat in flooded Kisoroszi, north of Budapest, Hungary, 7 June 2013

Thousands of Hungarians have been working to reinforce the banks of the River Danube following warnings that it will reach record levels this weekend.

Volunteers build a temporary dam alongside the banks of the Danube, in Mecser, 150 km north-west of Budapest, Hungary, 6 June 2013

Emergency workers have set up camps along the river in the capital, Budapest, while residents have been packing sandbags around their homes.

A statue is seen in the floodwater of the Moson branch of Danube in Gyor, 120 kms west of Budapest, Hungary, 6 June 2013

Water levels are set to reach reach 8.85m (29ft), some 25cm (10in) higher than the Danube's previous record high in 2006.

The roof of a submerged house in Kisoroszi, north of Budapest, Hungary, 7 June, 2013.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared a state of emergency, saying the country was facing the worst floods of all time.

Emergency services workers inspect a road washed away by flood water near Loebnitz, eastern Germany, 7 June 2013

Widespread flooding in central Europe has inundated swathes of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, killing at least 15 people.

The flooded Autobahn (motorway) A3 in Deggendorf, Germany, 7 June 2013

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from at-risk areas in Germany, where the flooding is worse than that recorded in 2002.