The
Danube River reached its highest level in 500 years. The Elbe, Rhine, and other
rivers and tributaries are cresting high as well as swathes of central Europe
lie inundated by floodwaters that have killed 12 and displaced tens of
thousands. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic have been
severely affected, as Hungary prepares for the swell of water. Gathered here
are images of the flooding and people affected in the last several days.
-- Lane Turner
The river Rhine
floods Mainz, Germany on June 2, 2013 (picture taken with an underwater
camera). (Fredrik Von Erichsen/AFP/Getty Images)
Several hundred
helpers transport sandbags along the dam of the river Gera near
Walschleben,Germany on June 1, 2013. (Jens Meyer/Associated Press)
Rescue workers
help local residents evacuate from their flooded houses in Grimma, Germany on
June 3, 2013. (Jan Woitas/AFP/Getty Images)
Firemen try to
save a chicken near Schaerding, Austria on June 3, 2013. (Manfred Fesl/EPA)
Two women are
rescued from their home in Passau, Germany on June 3, 2013. The level of the
river Danube rose past the historic record flood level of 1954 at 12.20 meters
and is forecast to rise further. (Andreas Gebert/ EPA)
People watch the
waters of the river Rhine near Moehlin, Switzerland on June 1, 2013. (Walter Bieri/EPA) #
An emergency
shelter is set up for flood victims in a gymnasium in Bitterfeld-Wolfen,
Germany on June 4, 2013. Around 10,000 people had to leave their houses because
of flooding in Bitterfeld. (Jan Woitas/EPA)
Floodwaters
inundate a cellar in a home in Rosenheim, Germany on June 4, 2013. (Peter
Kneffel/AFP/Getty Images)
Kresice, Czech
Republic lies submerged on June 4, 2013. (Petr Josek/Reuters)
A man carries a
woman after flood waters overflowed the banks of the White Elster River in
Gera, Germany on June 3, 2013. (Marc Tirl/EPA)
Flooding
surrounds Melk, Austria on June 3, 1013. (Roland Schlager/EPA)
People walk
along a flooded street in Kritzendorf, Austria on June 3, 2013. (Herbert P.
Oczeret/EPA)
The tourist boat
"Donau" (Danube) is seen on the flooded river Danube in the
three-rivers city of Passau, Germany on June 4, 2013. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)
Two men in a
boat cross the flooded marketplace of Wehlen, Germany at the river Elbe on June
4, 2013. (Markus Schreiber/Associated Press)
A young man
paddles his inflatable mattress through the flooded streets on June 3, 2013 in
Passau, Germany. (Lennart Preiss/Getty Images)
Floods surround
the historic old town of Passau, Germany on June 3, 2013. (Karl-Josef
Hildenbrand/EPA)
Officials pause
near a flood protection wall in Krems, Austria on June 4, 2013. (Helmut
Fohringer/EPA)
A pedestrian
crosses a flooded street in St. Goarshausen, Germany on June 4, 2013. (Thomas
Frey/EPA)
The cleanup is
underway in the Arnhold household after flooding in Grimma,Germany on June 4,
2013. (Hendrik Schmidt)
Firefighter
Robby Klaus drives a rescue boat on June 3, 2013 in Grimma, Germany. (Jens
Schlueter/Getty Images)
A display dummy
floats in the flooded center of Grimma, Germany on June 3, 2013. (Jens
Schlueter/Getty Images)
A rescue worker
ropes down a police helicopter on June 3, 2013 in Passau, Germany. (Lennart
Preiss/Getty Images)
A man displaced
from near the Vltava river listens to news in Prague's Holesovice district on
June 3, 2013. (Petr Josek/Reuters)
German
Bundeswehr soldiers patrol the flooded areas of the Bavarian town of Passau,
Germany on June 4, 2013. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)
A wine glass
rests in the mud in the 'Theatercafe - Aquarium' in Passau, Germany on June 4,
2013. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters)
Firemen pump
water from a submerged field near Melnik, Czech Republic on June 4, 2013. (Petr
Josek/Reuters)
A worker
inspects the heavily damaged road between Lofer and Waidring in the Austrian
province of Tyrol on June 3, 2013. (Kerstin Joensson/Associated Press
Residents of
flooded areas in Gera, Germany are evacuated on June 3, 2013. (Marc
Tirl/AFP/Getty Images)
Animals at the
Prague zoo watch their habitat flooded by the Vltava River on June 4, 2013 in
Prague. (Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty Images)
Snails cling to
a walkway on June 4, 2013 in Putim, Czech Republic. (Radek Mica/AFP/Getty
Images)
A dog looks out
from a doorstep at a flooded street on June 4, 2013 in Pirna, Germany. (Sean
Gallup/Getty Images)
Exotic animal
breeder Jiri Kozak transports his animals (snakes, turtles, peacocks,
kangaroos, gerbils) to safety on June 4, 2013 in Putim, Czech Republic. (Radek
Mica/AFP/Getty Images)
A cat tries to
escape the river Vltava in Kly, Czech Republic on June 4, 2013. (Michal
Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)
A women crosses
a makeshift bridge in Unterloiben, Austria on June 4, 2013. (Dieter
Nagl/AFP/Getty Images)
Residents and
workers of the city of Greiz, Germany clean streets on June 4, 2013. (Marc
Tirl/AFP/Getty Images)
Residential
buildings stand submerged in the floodwaters of the river Danube in Straubing,
Germany on June 5, 2013. (Armin Weigel/EPA)
An overturned
street lamp holds water after flooding along the River Inn in Schaerding,
Austria on June 5, 2013. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
Vehicles are
stranded on the flooded A3 motorway near Deggendorf, Germany on June 5, 2013
after one of Europe's most frequented highways was flooded by the nearby river
Danube. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
Residents pile
sand bags to enforce a dam against the river Danube in Mecser, Hungary on June
5, 2013. Hungary is preparing to face its worst flooding in 50 years. (Ferenc
Isza/AFP/Getty Images)
Damaged
belongings lie outside houses following flooding in Kossen, Germany on June 4,
2013. (Pierre Teyssot/AFP/Getty Images)
A dead fish lies
in a muddy street of Meissen, Germany on June 9, 2013. Thousands were evacuated
from eastern Germany where the Elbe river burst through a dam. (Kay
Nietfeld/dpa/Associated Press)
A firefighter
checks a water pump in Decin, Czech Republic on June 5, 2013. (David W
Cerny/Reuters)
A man inspects a
sandbag wall near the river Elbe in Schoenebeck, Germany on June 9, 2013.
(Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)
The waters of
the Elbe river encroach on a swimming pool near Magdeburg, Germany on June 10,
2013. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)
A man walks in a
flooded street in Meissen, Germany on June 9, 2013. (Kay Nietfeld/EPA)
A family canoe
past the A3 Autobahn near the swollen Danube River on June 7, 2013 in
Deggendorf, Germany. (Joerg Koch/Getty Images)
The cockpit of a
brand new Jaguar F-Type convertible is covered with a film of mud after the
floods of the Danube River subsided in Fischerdorf, Germany on June 9, 2013.
(Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)
A helper pulls
out a destroyed BMW Isetta while the homeowner looks over the damages in his
garage ruined by recent flooding from the nearby Danube River on June 10, 2013
in Deggendorf, Germany. (Joerg Koch/Getty Images)
Residents
evacuated from flooded communities on the Elbe and Saale rivers shelter in
Eggersdorf, Germany on June 8, 2013. (Jens Wolf/AFP/Getty Images)
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