Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference on Friday that forecasts of flood peaks have been accurate so far, and this is key to the success of defense efforts.
Regarding the River Leitha, surrounding areas were successfully protected throughout a ten-hour peak, and the situation is improving, he said.
As regards the River Danube, reports on Friday morning show the flood peak in the area of Komarom, in the north-west. The Danube water recession is expected to be slow, he added.
On Thursday 614km of rivers were under defense, and now this has risen to 754km, with the most urgent level of defense readiness at 114km.
Over the weekend, the task will be to maintain preparedness and "constant vigilance", PM Orbán said after the meeting of the operative body for flood protection.
He called on lawmakers, volunteers and mayors to organise patrols to monitor the situation.
"The hardest in times like these is to maintain vigilance when one feels the worst is behind one," he said.
While flood protection efforts have so far focused on the stretch of the Danube upstream from Budapest, work has now started in the south too, on Bata, Dunaszekcso and Baja, he said.