Monday, June 3, 2013

Europe's great rivers break their banks

Tonight, June 3, the Danube is at its highest since 1503.

All along the Elbe people are being evacuated from their homes.

Passau, Dresden, Chemnitz, Prague and cities all over Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany are experiencing the worst flooding in years.

The Czech, Asutrian and German armies have been called out to help
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