Europe 2002 Past Floods Floods Natural Disasters and Hazards

Flood levels on the river Elbe are at a record high, forcing thousands of people from their homes as the city tries to protect its treasures.

• Prague's flood of the century - JS Kelly\\'s translations of Czech media news reports europe 2002 on the Czech Republic floods.
• BBC: Receding river leaves Prague desolate - The BBC\\'s Ray Furlong assesses the aftermath of the severe flooding of the Czech Republic\'s ancient capital Prague.
• BBC: Prague's golden spires - The Czech capital, currently enduring its worst floods europe 2002 in floods more than a century, is one of europe 2002 Europe\'s most floods treasured cities.
• BBC: In pictures: Floods hit Europe - Images of the flooding causing havoc in Russia floods and parts past floods of eastern and central Europe.
• BBC: Critical hours for inundated Prague - Tension mounts in the Czech capital amid fears past floods that europe 2002 the rising river Vltava may burst through past floods defences and europe 2002 swamp the historic Old Town.
• BBC: Russian flood region on alert - An emergency is declared after floods strike the europe 2002 Black Sea coast, leaving at least two dead europe 2002 and forcing hundreds to evacuate.
• BBC: Prague floods surge to new peaks - Thousands are evacuated from the heart of the europe 2002 Czech capital, threatened by floods that are causing europe 2002 havoc across Europe.
• CNN.com - Prague: Despair and solidarity - Andrew Gardner, editor at Prague-based Internet magazine Transitions Online (TOL), tells CNN how people living and working in Prague are coping with the flood damage to their homes and property, and the massive clean-up operation.
• BBC: Russian flash floods wreak havoc - Rescue work continues on Russia\\'s Black Sea coast past floods past floods where 21 die in flooding, as other past floods parts of past floods Europe suffer severe downpours.
• ReliefWeb: Czech Republic Floods - Aug - Latest news, articles and reports.
• Guardian: Deluge that could drown an industry - The bill to repair homes and businesses in floods flood-stricken countries in mainland Europe is estimated at floods more than €6bn and could increase as the floods waters rise, raising the threat of huge insurance floods claims
• BBC: Flight before the flood - BBC journalist Michal Ruzicka and his family were among those floods evacuated from the Karlin district of Prague, along with thousands floods of others.
• BBC: Dresden reels as floods hit - Flood levels on the river Elbe are at a record floods high, forcing thousands of people from their homes as the floods city tries to protect its treasures.
• BBC: Art saved from European floods - Priceless works of art and historic cultural landmarks floods appear to floods have been saved from the devastating floods floods in Prague and floods Dresden.
• BBC: Floods wreak havoc in Germany - A dam in south-east Germany bursts and cities are on the alert as flood waters sweep in from the Czech Republic.
• BBC: Czech actors fear for flooded theatre - A Czech theatre company at the Edinburgh Fringe speak of floods their helplessness as flooding in Prague threatens their families and floods livelihood.
• Guardian: Gallery: Floods in Europe - Images and pictures of the European flooding.
• Guardian: Prague braced against rising floodwaters - Floodwaters were continuing to rise in Prague today, threatening the floods homes of more than 50,000 people. Across Europe, numerous rivers floods have burst their banks, punched their way through dams and floods bridges, and severed roads and railway lines.
• BBC: Battle to save Dresden's treasures - Rescuers rush art works to higher floors as past floods floodwater strikes ornate Baroque buildings restored after past floods wartime bombing.
• Guardian: New surge threatens Germany - Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany, Slovakia, past floods Hungary past floods and Romania were waiting anxiously last night past floods to see past floods if the flood defences they have past floods put in place past floods would hold over the next past floods few days as a past floods renewed surge of water past floods swept down the Elbe and past floods Danube ri
• CNN.com In-Depth: Floods Ravage Europe - Heavy rains across central and eastern Europe have created flooding europe 2002 conditions not seen for centuries. Recent news, articles and multimedia europe 2002 resources.
• BBC: Czechs return to flooded homes - Some people returned home as flood waters in Prague receded, past floods but many areas of the historic city remained off-limits after past floods the worst flooding in 200 years.
• BBC: Eyewitness: Critical time for Slovak capital - The people of Bratislava are anxiously hoping the flood wave floods will pass without the river rising further.
• BBC: Dozens Dead Across Europe - More than 90 people are killed as floods past floods sweep floods through countries from Germany to Russia.
• CNN.com - Prague cleans up as threat continues - Flood waters are continuing to retreat from record floods levels in floods some parts of the Czech capital floods Prague, allowing the clean-up floods operation to begin and floods residents to return to their homes.
• BBC: Dresden floods 'at their peak' - Flood waters in historic Dresden appear to stabilise at record europe 2002 levels, but other east German cities remain under threat of europe 2002 being swamped.
• Guardian:Tide of misery floods Europe - The death toll from flooding across eastern and europe 2002 central floods Europe rose to at least 87 last europe 2002 night, with floods tens of thousands of people forced europe 2002 to flee the floods rising waters
• Guardian: Schröder promises huge aid package - German officials warned last night of an environmental disaster if past floods floodwater surging down the river Elbe swamped the huge chemicals past floods complex at Bitterfeld, south-west of Berlin.
• BBC: Germany gears up for flood costs - The German government, keen not to be seen as tight-fisted floods in an election year, promises a generous response to patch floods up flood damage.
• Guardian: 50,000 evacuated from Prague - Some 50,000 people were ordered out of their past floods homes europe 2002 in Prague late last night as the past floods biggest flood europe 2002 for more than a century threatened past floods to swamp the europe 2002 medieval quarter of the Czech past floods capital.
• BBC: Austrian anger grows over floods - Nick Thorpe reports from Austria where scientists claim the current floods flooding could have been prevented.
• BBC: Defences hold fast in Bratislava - The people of the Slovakian capital breathe a floods cautious sigh floods of relief but the danger has floods not yet passed.
• Guardian:Torrents threaten jewels of Prague - The rain-lashed faces of the 28 stone saints past floods which past floods line Prague\\'s famous 14th century Charles bridge past floods were managing past floods to keep their heads above water past floods last night, but, past floods like much of the city, past floods they were close to past floods succumbing to the raging past floods waters of the Vltava rive
• Guardian: Down in the flood - A personal account from the floods in Germany.
• BBC: Prague battles flood waters - The Vltava river is on the brink of bursting through europe 2002 flood barriers in the Czech capital, as more people flee europe 2002 their homes across the country.
• Guardian:Thousands flee Dresden floods - Thousands of people were evacuated from areas near europe 2002 Dresden\\'s historic centre today as floodwaters in the europe 2002 Elbe river reached an all-time high, spilling into europe 2002 a square close to some of the city\'s europe 2002 cultural landmarks.
• BBC: In pictures: Europe's flood chaos - Images of the floods which have swept across Europe.
• Guardian: 200,000 Czechs flee flood-hit homes - The raging river Vltava came close to submerging past floods Prague\\'s historic city centre and two of the past floods city\\'s districts last night, as the rising torrent past floods put hours of work and thousands of sandbags past floods to the test.
• BBC: Prague starts massive clean-up - As water levels start to recede, Prague surveys the damage past floods inflicted by the worst floods in the Czech capital for past floods 200 years.
• Guardian:Floods threaten to swamp Prague - Emergency workers in the Czech capital of Prague europe 2002 today past floods struggled to evacuate residents and tourists and europe 2002 save the past floods city\\'s historic Charles bridge from flood europe 2002 waters that have past floods already claimed nine lives.
• Guardian: Chemical leaks threaten Prague as floods hit Dresden - Floodwaters produced a fresh crisis in the Czech europe 2002 Republic past floods today as the owner of a chemical europe 2002 plant confirmed past floods a leak of toxic chlorine gas europe 2002 20km from the past floods capital, Prague.
• BBC: Zoo animals killed in Prague floods - An elephant and a hippopotamus are dead and a gorilla europe 2002 is missing after flood waters swamped Prague's zoo.
• Prague TV: The 100 Year Flood Photo Galleries - Hundreds of photos of the Prague (Czech Republic) floods taken floods during the days of the disaster hitting on the 12th floods of August 2002.
• CNN.com - Dresden's record flood yet to peak - The southern German city of Dresden continued its europe 2002 evacuation floods of residents and treasures as officials warned europe 2002 the river floods level had yet to reach its europe 2002 peak.
• BBC: Czechs count the cost of floods - Flooding in Europe looks set seriously to disrupt the Czech floods Republic\'s economy, forcing the government to borrow more.

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