Thousands of Germans evacuate as Elbe dam breaks
Jun 9, 2013 18:47:53 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Jun 9, 2013 18:47:53 GMT -5
Thousands of Germans evacuate as dam on Elbe river breaks 
Thousands of people left their homes in eastern Germany on Sunday as a dam burst on the swollen River Elbe and swathes of farmland were flooded in an attempt to spare towns, with meteorologists forecasting more rain. In Magdeburg, one of the oldest cities in eastern Germany and a regional capital, some 23,000 people were asked to evacuate as water levels in the Elbe rose to a record 7.48 meters, around 5 meters above normal and surpassing the level reached in devastating floods in 2002. ”We helped yesterday to carry sandbags to secure the town. The mood is very depressed and frightened because many people have to leave their homes,” said resident Liane Nagen. There have been at least a dozen deaths as a result of floods that have hit Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic over the past week.
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Thousands of people left their homes in eastern Germany on Sunday as a dam burst on the swollen River Elbe and swathes of farmland were flooded in an attempt to spare towns, with meteorologists forecasting more rain. In Magdeburg, one of the oldest cities in eastern Germany and a regional capital, some 23,000 people were asked to evacuate as water levels in the Elbe rose to a record 7.48 meters, around 5 meters above normal and surpassing the level reached in devastating floods in 2002. ”We helped yesterday to carry sandbags to secure the town. The mood is very depressed and frightened because many people have to leave their homes,” said resident Liane Nagen. There have been at least a dozen deaths as a result of floods that have hit Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic over the past week.
read more:
news.yahoo.com/thousands-germans-evacuate-dam-elbe-river-breaks-194259123.html