- Title: GERMANY: CHAOTIC FLOODS BEGIN TO BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL
- Date: 26th July 1997
- Summary: WIESENAU, GERMANY (JULY 26, 1997) (RTV) 1. GV TRACKING BUSES UNDER WATER 0.10 2. GV FLOODED VILLAGE 0.15 3. LV FOUR MEN IN BOAT 0.20 4. SCU MAN ROWING BOAT APPROACHING FLOODED HOUSE 0.29 5. LV FLOODED HOUSES 0.33 6. SLV MEN CHECKING HOUSE 0.38 7. SCU BASKETBALL NET JUST ABOVE WATER LEVEL 0.42 8. GV BOATS GOING THROUGH VILLAGE 0.47 9. GV FLOODED VILLAGE (4 SHOTS) 1.02 10. LAS HELICOPTER DROPPING SANDBAGS ON TO A DYKE NEAR WIESENAU AS MAN WAVES TO GUIDE PILOT (2 SHOTS) 1.14 11. SLV SOLDIERS UNLOADING SANDBAGS (2 SHOTS) 1.25 12. SCU NO ENTRY SIGN/SOLDIERS INSPECTING SANDBAGS (2 SHOTS) 1.32 HOHENWUTZEN AND ODERBRUCHS, GERMANY (JULY 26, 1997) (RTV) 13. LV SOLDIERS AND SANDBAGS 1.35 14. SLV SOLDIERS WITH SHOVELS ARRIVING 1.40 15. SLV LORRY DELIVERING SAND 1.48 16. SLV VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS DIGGING AND STACKING SANDBAGS (3 SHOTS) 2.12 17. AERIALS OF FLOODED AREA (4 SHOTS) 2.30 Initials S3 P3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
- Embargoed: 10th August 1997 13:00
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- Location: WIESENAU, HOHENWUTZEN AND ODERBRUCHS, GERMANY
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- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVA64GYT2R6NTGXQ48HHXBBI4655
- Story Text: - INTRO: The floods which have brought chaos to east Germany are beginning to be brought under control.
German rescue workers on Saturday (July 26) claimed the situation in the area of the River Oder has stabilised.
Thousands of soldiers worked through night to shore up crumbling dykes along the river.
But emergency teams fighting the worst flooding for 50 years remained on full alert on Saturday.
They are concerned about sandbag dykes which have been built along the River Oder between Poland and Germany.
Officials have described the dykes as "like pudding" and fear they could burst at any time.
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