Trees are submerged in the waters of the Elbe River in Schoenhausen, Germany, on Wednesday, June 12. Heavy rain has left rivers swollen <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/world/europe/europe-flood/index.html">across Central Europe</a>.
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Trees are submerged in the waters of the Elbe River in Schoenhausen, Germany, on Wednesday, June 12. Heavy rain has left rivers swollen across Central Europe.
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People salvage items from their house, which was flooded by the Danube River, in Dunakeszi, Hungary, on June 12.
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People salvage items from their house, which was flooded by the Danube River, in Dunakeszi, Hungary, on June 12.
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A man empties a bucket of water in front of his house in Hohnstorf, Germany, on June 12.
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A man empties a bucket of water in front of his house in Hohnstorf, Germany, on June 12.
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Residents stand in front of a house that was hit by floodwaters from the Danube River in Fischerdorf, Germany, on Tuesday, June 11.
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Residents stand in front of a house that was hit by floodwaters from the Danube River in Fischerdorf, Germany, on Tuesday, June 11.
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Floodwaters from the Elbe River inundate a yard with a swimming pool near Magdeburg, Germany, on Monday, June 10.
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Floodwaters from the Elbe River inundate a yard with a swimming pool near Magdeburg, Germany, on Monday, June 10.
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The embankment at the Pest side of Budapest is flooded on June 10. Emergency services and volunteers worked through the night in Hungary as floodwaters threatened towns and villages.
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The embankment at the Pest side of Budapest is flooded on June 10. Emergency services and volunteers worked through the night in Hungary as floodwaters threatened towns and villages.
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A man walks in high water from the Elbe River in Meissen, Germany, on Sunday, June 9.
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A man walks in high water from the Elbe River in Meissen, Germany, on Sunday, June 9.
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Greenpeace activists walk in floodwaters from the Danube at the Chain Bridge in Budapest on June 9.
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Greenpeace activists walk in floodwaters from the Danube at the Chain Bridge in Budapest on June 9.
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Soldiers prepare a makeshift flood barrier on Margareth Island in the Hungarian capital of Budapest on June 9.
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Soldiers prepare a makeshift flood barrier on Margareth Island in the Hungarian capital of Budapest on June 9.
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A resident wades to a neighbor's house on a flooded street near the swollen Elbe River on Friday, June 7, in Elster, Germany.
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A resident wades to a neighbor's house on a flooded street near the swollen Elbe River on Friday, June 7, in Elster, Germany.
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A man walks through the mud in the village of Fischerdorf near Deggendorf, southern Germany, on June 7.
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A man walks through the mud in the village of Fischerdorf near Deggendorf, southern Germany, on June 7.
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Chewbaca sits among groceries and bottles of butane in a rubber raft as his owner pulls him through a flooded street near the swollen Elbe River on June 7.
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Chewbaca sits among groceries and bottles of butane in a rubber raft as his owner pulls him through a flooded street near the swollen Elbe River on June 7.
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Members of the emergency services inspect a road washed away by flood water near Loebnitz, eastern Germany, on June 7.
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Members of the emergency services inspect a road washed away by flood water near Loebnitz, eastern Germany, on June 7.
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The Inn, left, and Danube rivers flood parts of the historic city of Passau, Germany, on Thursday, June 6.
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The Inn, left, and Danube rivers flood parts of the historic city of Passau, Germany, on Thursday, June 6.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Reiner Haseloff, right, premier of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, speak with volunteers about building a sandbag barrier near Lake Goitzsche in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany, on June 6.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Reiner Haseloff, right, premier of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, speak with volunteers about building a sandbag barrier near Lake Goitzsche in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany, on June 6.
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Residents and their pets take refuge from the flooding in a shelter in Bitterfield, Germany, on June 6.
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Residents and their pets take refuge from the flooding in a shelter in Bitterfield, Germany, on June 6.
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Volunteers fill sandbags to protect Dresden, Germany, from rising floodwaters of the Elbe River on June 6.
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Volunteers fill sandbags to protect Dresden, Germany, from rising floodwaters of the Elbe River on June 6.
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The Elbe floods the historic city center of Meissen, Germany, on June 6.
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The Elbe floods the historic city center of Meissen, Germany, on June 6.
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Volunteers stack sandbags as the Saale River overruns parts of Calbe, Germany, on June 6.
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Volunteers stack sandbags as the Saale River overruns parts of Calbe, Germany, on June 6.
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Elbe River floodwaters rise over statues across from the Semper Opera House in Dresden, Germany, on June 6.
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Elbe River floodwaters rise over statues across from the Semper Opera House in Dresden, Germany, on June 6.
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A flood container storage facility in Riesa, Germany, on Wednesday, June 5.
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A flood container storage facility in Riesa, Germany, on Wednesday, June 5.
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A neighborhood submerged in the River Danube in Straubing, Germany, on June 5.
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A neighborhood submerged in the River Danube in Straubing, Germany, on June 5.
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Residents of Dresden, Germany, evacuate due to rising floodwaters of the River Elbe on June 5.
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Residents of Dresden, Germany, evacuate due to rising floodwaters of the River Elbe on June 5.
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Flooded streets in Decin, northern Bohemia, on June 5.
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Flooded streets in Decin, northern Bohemia, on June 5.
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German Lifesaving Society workers drive through the flooded area of Deggendorf, Germany, on June 5.
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German Lifesaving Society workers drive through the flooded area of Deggendorf, Germany, on June 5.
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A woman peers out onto the street flooded by the River Danube in Passau, Germany, on June 5.
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A woman peers out onto the street flooded by the River Danube in Passau, Germany, on June 5.
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Submerged cars peak out of the flood in Deggendorf, Germany.
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Submerged cars peak out of the flood in Deggendorf, Germany.
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A man walks near a flood protection wall in Bratislavas, Slovakia, on June 5.
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A man walks near a flood protection wall in Bratislavas, Slovakia, on June 5.
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A house flooded by the River Danube near Deggendorf, Germany, on June 5.
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A house flooded by the River Danube near Deggendorf, Germany, on June 5.
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A woman cleans mud from the footpath in front of her house following flooding along the Inn River in Schaerding, Austria, on Wednesday, June 5. Rising rivers menaced swaths of Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria on Tuesday, as floodwaters inundated historic cities and forced mass evacuations of low-lying areas.
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A woman cleans mud from the footpath in front of her house following flooding along the Inn River in Schaerding, Austria, on Wednesday, June 5. Rising rivers menaced swaths of Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria on Tuesday, as floodwaters inundated historic cities and forced mass evacuations of low-lying areas.
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Residents transport sandbags to build a flood wall in a street flooded by the Elbe River in Dresden, Germany, on June 5.
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Residents transport sandbags to build a flood wall in a street flooded by the Elbe River in Dresden, Germany, on June 5.
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A women crosses a makeshift bridge over flooded streets in Unterloiben, Austria, on Tuesday, June 4.
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A women crosses a makeshift bridge over flooded streets in Unterloiben, Austria, on Tuesday, June 4.
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A cat seeks dry ground after flooding from the Vltava River in Kly, Czech Republic, on June 4.
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A cat seeks dry ground after flooding from the Vltava River in Kly, Czech Republic, on June 4.
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A resident adds a tarp to a restaurant on June 4, to help prevent damage from rising floodwaters from the nearby Elbe River in Pirna, Germany.
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A resident adds a tarp to a restaurant on June 4, to help prevent damage from rising floodwaters from the nearby Elbe River in Pirna, Germany.
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An aerial view shows the flooded Prague Zoo on June 4 in the Czech Republic.
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An aerial view shows the flooded Prague Zoo on June 4 in the Czech Republic.
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Volunteers and soldiers stack sandbags on June 4 to strengthen a dam of the rising Saale River on the outskirts in Halle, Germany.
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Volunteers and soldiers stack sandbags on June 4 to strengthen a dam of the rising Saale River on the outskirts in Halle, Germany.
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People canoe in the flooded city of Wehlen, Germany, on June 4.
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People canoe in the flooded city of Wehlen, Germany, on June 4.
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Some streets are underwater in the old city in Passau, Germany, on Monday, June 3, due to heavy and ongoing rainfall.
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Some streets are underwater in the old city in Passau, Germany, on Monday, June 3, due to heavy and ongoing rainfall.
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Onlookers watch the water rise around houses on the Vltava River in Prague. The Vltava was cresting Tuesday in the Czech capital, but areas downstream still faced rising waters.<br />
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Onlookers watch the water rise around houses on the Vltava River in Prague. The Vltava was cresting Tuesday in the Czech capital, but areas downstream still faced rising waters.
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Czech soldiers erect metal barriers on the banks of the Vltava River in Prague's Holesovice district.
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Czech soldiers erect metal barriers on the banks of the Vltava River in Prague's Holesovice district.
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A traffic sign is surrounded by the flooded Berounka River on the outskirts of Prague on June 3.
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A traffic sign is surrounded by the flooded Berounka River on the outskirts of Prague on June 3.
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Firefighters evacuate local residents in Zeitz, Germany, on June 3 from a street flooded the night before by the nearby Weisse Elster River.
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Firefighters evacuate local residents in Zeitz, Germany, on June 3 from a street flooded the night before by the nearby Weisse Elster River.
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The swollen Inn River rushes through downtown Passau, Germany, on June 3.
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The swollen Inn River rushes through downtown Passau, Germany, on June 3.
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A rescuer navigates through an flooded street in Passau, Germany.
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A rescuer navigates through an flooded street in Passau, Germany.
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Czech army personnel build flood barriers on the bank of the flooded Vltava River in Prague. Transportation was severely disrupted in Prague, as well as other parts of Bohemia, according to a spokeswoman for the Czech Fire Department.
Czech army personnel build flood barriers on the bank of the flooded Vltava River in Prague. Transportation was severely disrupted in Prague, as well as other parts of Bohemia, according to a spokeswoman for the Czech Fire Department.
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Firefighters and helpers evacuate citizens in the flooded city center in Grimma, Germany.
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Firefighters and helpers evacuate citizens in the flooded city center in Grimma, Germany.
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Floodwaters surround a restaurant in Prague on June 3.
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Floodwaters surround a restaurant in Prague on June 3.
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Streets in Passau, Germany, were flooded after the River Danube topped a centuries-old record.
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Streets in Passau, Germany, were flooded after the River Danube topped a centuries-old record.
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A woman wades through a flooded street in Passau, Germany, on June 3.
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A woman wades through a flooded street in Passau, Germany, on June 3.
Evacuees forced to flee the rising floodwaters of the Weisse Elster River sit on mattresses at an evacuation center in a school gymnasium in Zeitz, Germany, on June 3.
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Evacuees forced to flee the rising floodwaters of the Weisse Elster River sit on mattresses at an evacuation center in a school gymnasium in Zeitz, Germany, on June 3.
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Floodwaters cover a road in Prague on June 3.
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Floodwaters cover a road in Prague on June 3.
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Subway escalators stand empty in a train station in Prague on Sunday, June 2.
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Subway escalators stand empty in a train station in Prague on Sunday, June 2.
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A statue by British sculptor Kaivalya Torpy depicting Indian spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy is partially submerged by the rising waters of the Vltava River on June 2 in downtown Prague.
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A statue by British sculptor Kaivalya Torpy depicting Indian spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy is partially submerged by the rising waters of the Vltava River on June 2 in downtown Prague.
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