Thousands evacuated as Elbe bursts dam in German floods
Source: AP
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern Germany where the Elbe has flooded and burst through a dam, officials said on Sunday.
At least 21 people have been killed by a week of flooding in central Europe, as rivers such as the Danube, the Elbe and the Vlatava have overflowed after heavy rains, causing extensive damage in central and southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.
The latest fatality was an 80-year-old man who died of a heart attack in Austria on Sunday while cleaning up debris caused by flooding, the German news agency dpa reported.
More than 8,000 people were evacuated by bus from the town of Aken and its neighbouring villages in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, after a dam on the Elbe broke on Saturday, said a police spokesman, Uwe Holz.
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