WEST GERMANY: TOWNS FLOODED AS MOSELLE RIVER BURST BANKS.

Record ID: 565949

  • Title: WEST GERMANY: TOWNS FLOODED AS MOSELLE RIVER BURST BANKS.
  • Date: 14th December 1966
  • Summary: 1. CU MAN IN BOAT ROWING ALONG FLOODED STREET, PAN TO FLOODED SHOPS 0.14 2. CU TRAVEL SHOT..FLOODED SHOPS 0.17 3. SV MAN WITH BELONGINGS INTO FLOODED STREET 0.27 4. CU TRACTOR THROUGH FLOODED STREETS PAN UP TO PEOPLE LOOKING OUT OF WINDOWS 0.32 5. SV PEOPLE ALONG PLANKS OVER FLOODED STREET 0.36 6. CU PEOPLE SALVAGING BELONGINGS 0.40 7. SV FLOODING ON THE MOSELLE 0.44 8. TV PEOPLE RESCUED IN BOAT 0.48 9. SV MEN OUT OF BUILDING INTO FLOODED STREET 0.53 10. TV FLOODED STREET (2 SHOTS) 1.01 11. LV FLOODED STREET 1.05 12. GV SWOLLEN MOSELLE RIVER 1.10 Initials PW/VS/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th December 1966 12:00
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  • Location: COCHEM/ZELL, WEST GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA6SC8K3PCP1LUFC6PB9RQ0S1ZV
  • Story Text: HEAVY RAINS CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER MOSELLE IN WESTERN GERMANY YESTERDAY, (TUESDAY DEC 13). WORST HIT WERE THE TWO TOWNS OF COCHEM AND ZELL ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER. PEOPLE IN SOME PARTS OF THE TOWNS WERE RESCUED BY BOAT.

    THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO CAUSED FLOODING IN MANY OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE, INCLUDING HOLLAND, FRANCE AND ITALY. THICK FOG WHICH FOLLOWED THE RAIN ALSO SLOWED ROAD TRAFFIC AND CLOSED A NUMBER OF AIRPORTS.
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