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Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

Thu, May 20 2010 14:01 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

Firemen evacuate children in the flooded part of Tarnobrzeg in southern Poland, May 19, 2010.

Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

A man carries a dog as he walks across a flooded street in Sandomierz in Southern Poland, May 19, 2010.

Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

Firemen evacuate a woman in the flooded part of Tarnobrzeg in southern Poland, May 19, 2010.

Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

A man carries a sandbag near the flooded Bodva River in Szendro, northern Hungary May 17, 2010. The river was flooded due to heavy rains.

Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

A man sits with his dogs on the balcony of his flooded house in Sandomierz in Southern Poland, May 19, 2010.

Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

People use inflatable boats in the flooded village of Proszowki in southern Poland, May 18, 2010.

Photo Gallery: Floods in central Europe

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk (right) listens to a local official as he visits the flooded village of Proszowki in Southern Poland, May 18, 2010.

Flash floods caused by days of heavy rainfall have hit parts of central Europe, killing at least seven people, disrupting power supplies and forcing thousands of people from their homes.

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