Quick report on the heat alert on July 30, 2026 at 20:00

Meteorological data: Highest temperature nationwide 36 °C Highest temperature in Budapest 35 °C Precipitation: currently none.

Social care system: No extraordinary event.

Healthcare: One person had to be treated on Thursday for hyperthermia and overheating.

Transport: Speed ​​limits are currently in effect on 11 railway lines and 3 HÉV lines.

One of the bogies of train No. 19776 was smoking heavily at the Orvényes stop. The passengers of the train were transported by the National Emergency Center (OHK) with replacement buses, and another locomotive pulled the train back to Aszófő station.

On railway line number 20 between Székesfehérvár and Pétfürdő stations, the undergrowth is burning in several places along the railway track, so train traffic is not possible. OHK operates replacement buses between Székesfehérvár and Pétfürdő stations.

Water data: According to a report by Pápai Vízmű Zrt., the drinking water main supplying the settlement of Takács was damaged by an earthmoving machine during the laying of an electric ground cable. The settlement must be excluded from the water service while the error is being corrected. The expected time for error correction is 2-3 hours. The affected population is 800 people. Troubleshooting does not require external help.

Fővárosi Csatornázási Művek Zrt. I. requests strict enforcement of drinking water restrictions from the Nagytarcsa municipality in order to avoid further water restrictions. Affected population: approx. 7,000 people, no emergency water supply, but external help was used (water transport and pool water replacement).

Mezőföldvíz Kft. is unable to return water to the company due to a technical failure in the area of ​​the Dunántúli Regionalís Vízmű Zrt. in the Palotabozsok-Somberek area, so the missing amount of water is replaced with a 30 m3 tank truck. The situation is similar in the settlement of Szebény, where the missing amount of water is replaced with an 8 m3 tank truck. The cause of the error is currently being investigated, until then the pools are being filled with a closed car.

Public safety: According to the report of the National Disaster Management Directorate, 35 forest and vegetation fires broke out.

National defense cooperation: The HVK Strategic Operations Center was activated on July 30, 2026, from 10:00 a.m., with extended working hours.

The liaison officer requested by the Event Management Center of the Defense Administration Office has been activated (task start: July 31, 2026).

The MH Logistics Support Command Operations Center was activated on July 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

MH II. Ferenc Rákóczi 14th Technical Regiment handed over 7,000 bags of drinking water to the MH brave Sándor Szurmay Budapest Garrison Brigade.

Energy situation: The current electricity generation capacity of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant at 5:00 p.m.: 960 MW.

Area information: According to the data services, on July 30, 2026, between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., water distribution was in operation at 889 locations, and steam gates were operating at 796 locations.

On July 30, 2026, there will be a power outage in the North block of the Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital from 2 p.m., as a short circuit occurred in one of the lines due to the replacement of the lightning protection probes. Specialists have discovered the location of the fault, and the damaged line is being repaired. There are inpatients in the section of the building affected by the power outage, and it was not necessary to move them. TVB's help was not requested.

According to the information of E.ON Dél-dunántúli Áramhálazóti Zrt., a cable fault occurred at 5:20 p.m. in the area of ​​434 Transformers in Kertváros, Pécs, in the vicinity of Littke József utca, and after switching over, all consumers were served by 6:15 p.m. Delimitation of the fault location began at 6:30 p.m. After the excavation, the repair began in the evening.