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In Photos: Flood Wreaks Havoc In Central Europe; Rescue Ops Underway

A massive flood triggered by extreme rainf🦄all continues to pound Central Europe. So far, the deadly deluge has swamped parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania as a low-pressure system crossing the region caused record-high rains for days.

Central 🌳Europe Floods: Floo🍨ded Elbe river in Germany | Photo: Robert Michael/dpa via AP

The flooded Elbe flows 🌄along the partially collapsed Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany.

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Central Europe Floods: An aerial view of a flood in Czech Republic
Central Europe Floods: An aerial view of a flo✅od in Czech Reꦬpublic | Photo: AP/Darko Bandic

An aerial vౠiew of a💙 flooded neighbourhood in Bohumin, Czech Republic.

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Central Europe Floods: Flooded resort village in Hungary
Central Europ💃e Floods: Flooded resort village in Hu♈ngary | Photo: Gergely Janossy/MTI via AP

An aerial picture taken with a droꦯne shows the flooded ��resort village of Venek and the swollen Danube River near Gyor, Hungary.

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Central Europe Floods: Soldiers fill and arrange sandbags in Poland
Central Europe Floods: Soldiers fill and arrange sandbags in Pola♔𓆉nd | Photo: AP/Krzysztof Zatycki

Soldiers fill and arrange sandbags to help strengthen the embankments and to prevent flooding near ♏the cit༺y of Wroclaw, southwestern Poland.

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Central Europe Floods: Flooded River Danube in Slovakia
Central Europe Floods: Flood෴ed River Danube in Slovakia | Photo: AP/Tomas Hrivnak

A man riding a bicycle is reflected in water infiltrated through anti-flood barriers on the bank🥂s of the River Danube, in Bratislava, Slovakia.

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Central Europe Floods: Swollen Danube River in Hungary
Centrꩲal Europe♑ Floods: Swollen Danube River in Hungary | Photo: Gergely Janossy/MTI via AP

An aerial picture taken with a drone shows the flooded resort village of Venek ൩and the swollen Danube River near Gyor, Hungary.

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Central Europe Floods: Flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic
Central Europe Floods: Flooded neighbourhood in▨ Ostrava, Czech Republic | Photo: AP/Darko Bandic

Geese stand on an outdoor table in a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, C😼zech Republic.

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Central Europe Floods: Partially collapsed Carola Bridge, in Dresden
Central Euꦬrope Floods: Partially collapse𝔍d Carola Bridge, in Dresden | Photo: Robert Michael/dpa via AP

The flooded Elbe flows along the partially ꧟collapsed Carola Bridge, in Dresden, Germany. The angel "Fama" can be seen in the foreground on the Academy💧 of Fine Arts.

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Central Europe Floods: Soldiers who help strengthen the embankments in Wroclaw, Poland
Central Europe Floo🍌ds: S🅘oldiers who help strengthen the embankments in Wroclaw, Poland | Photo: AP/Krzysztof Zatycki

Soldꦕiers who help strengthen the embankments and to prevent floodings walk by sandbags near the city of Wroclaw, sou🥂thwestern Poland.

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Central Europe Floods: Firefighters removing piles of debris in Glucholazy, Poland
C♊entra💮l Europe Floods: Firefighters removing piles of debris in Glucholazy, Poland | Photo: Marcin Muskala/KG PSP via AP

This handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows firefighters removing piles of debris dumped in the streets by high flood wave that is passing through southwestern Poland, in Gluchol𒊎azy, Poland.

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Central Europe Floods: Flooded sports club in Plav, Czech Republic
Central Europe Floods: Flooded sports club in💃♛ Plav, Czech Republic | Photo: AP/Stanislav Hodina

A view of floodeಌd sports club in Plav, Czech♉ Republic.