The Danube peaked at a 10-year high in a heavily fortified Budapest on Saturday with the water reaching the steps of parliament, after deadly Storm Boris lashed Europe.
Torrential rains and strong winds have led to widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe since last week, killing 24 people and devastating towns and villages.
As the swollen Danube waters have moved south, Hungarian emergency workers have lugged sandbags to fortify settlements, including Budapest, where the river has flooded the embankment up to the steps of parliament.
The water came close to 2013 record levels before it began to recede on Saturday.
"The last time it was this high I was only 10 or 11," Beata Hargitai, a 22-year-old student, told AFP in downtown Budapest near the flooded area.
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