SWITZERLAND/ GERMANY: CLEANING UP BEGINS AFTER FLOODING IN SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY

Record ID: 647277

  • Title: SWITZERLAND/ GERMANY: CLEANING UP BEGINS AFTER FLOODING IN SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY
  • Date: 26th August 2005
  • Summary: (W3) BRIENZ,SWITZERLAND (AUGUST 26, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. PILE OF UPTURNED CARS, COVERED IN MUD, ON PORCH OF SWISS HOME 0.07 2. WIDE VIEW AREA, COVERED IN A BLANKET OF MUD; MORE HOMES COVERED IN MUD 0.16 3. CLOSE OF BEDRAGGLED CAT ON BALCONY , PULL OUT TO WIDE OF SCENE 0.35 4. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) ERICH BODMER, SAYING: "The most important thing is that we are alive. Over there, two people got killed and nobody can bring them back, but my coffee maker I can buy tomorrow again. We miss our personal belongings but they can be replaced. We live and I told those people who got nervous about their losses that two people are dead and that is much worse than anything that got broken. We are fine. We are alive." 1.03 5. PAN OF HOUSES AND MUD 1.07 6. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) HEDDI BODMER, SAYING: "I went to my Mother's house and on the table there were still our teacups and when the mud came we had to run." 1.25 7. SLV REMAINS OF SITTING ROOM OF HOUSE 1.29 8. WIDE/ PAN OF BULLDOZER CLEARING MASS SWATHES OF MUD FROM AREA 1.39 9. WIDE OF BULDOZER AT WORK CLEARING MUD/ CLOSE OF DEBRIS 1.50 10. WIDE VIEW BRIENZ LAKE 1.56 11. SLV HOME OWNERS HOSING DOWN ELECTRICAL GOODS 2.02 12. SLV RESCUE WORKERS CLEARING RUBBLE FROM RAILWAY / ZOOM INTO RAILWAY LINE COVERED IN MUD 2.11 13. VARIOUS OF WORKER CLIMBING ELECTRIC POWER CABLE TO REPAIR POWER LINES 2.26 14. SLV WORKER TRYING TO RE-ESTABLISH ELECTRICITY ON RAILWAY LINE 2.36 15. VARIOUS OF , BRIENZ LAKE / LOGS 2.49 16. PAN OF UPTURNED CAR BURIED IN MUD 2.58 17. CLOSE OF CHILD'S TOY COVERED IN MUD 3.02 18. WIDE OF UPTURNED CARS COVERED IN MUD 3.08 (BN10) KELHEIM, GERMANY (AUGUST 26, 2005) (REUTERS) 19. WIDE OF WELTENBURG MONASTERY AT RIVER DANUBE /WITH RIVER FLOODING THE BANKS 3.13 20. WIDE / PAN OF EXTERIOR OF MONASTERY WITH WATER PUMPS 3.28 21. VARIOUS OF PIPES PUMPING WATER OUT OF FLOODED MONASTERY 3.33 22. WIDE OF WATER BEING PUMPED OUT OF BUILDING 3.39 23. PAN OF MONASTERY KITCHEN UNDER WATER 3.52 24. PAN OF FLOOD WATERS IN KITCHEN 4.04 25. WIDE OF MONASTERY COURTYARD WITH FIREFIGHTERS PUMPING OUT WATER 4.09 26. CLOSE OF SWIRLING WATERS OF THE DANUBE 4.15 27. CLOSE OF SANDBAGS IN WINDOW 4.19 28. WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF FLOODED MONASTERY WITH RIVER 4.25 (BN10) STAUBING, GERMANY (AUGUST 26, 2005) (REUTERS) 29. WIDE OF FLOODED VILLAGE 4.31 30. WIDE OF FLOODED VILLAGE . CHURCH AND FIELDS 4.36 31. VARIOUS OF FLOODED HOUSES AND CHURCH IN STREET 4.54 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2005 13:00
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  • Location: KELHEIM AND STAUBING,GERMANY/BRIENZ,SWITZERLAND
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  • Country: Switzerland Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVAAPSN2V14742K9LX6FT6KFUSA9
  • Story Text: Neighbours come to terms with lives lost in Swiss flooding as clean up operations
    begin after floods in parts of Bavaria.


    At least one person was reported on Friday (August 26, 2005) to have died
    in the floods which hit the lakeside town of Brienz, Switzerland, tearing down
    eight houses.

    Brienz resident Erich Bodmer spoke about his sense of gratitude for
    having survived the floods. "The most important thing is that we are
    alive. Over there, two people got killed and nobody can bring them back, but
    my coffee maker I can buy tomorrow again. We miss our personal belongings but
    they can be replaced. We live and I told those people who got nervous about
    their losses that two people are dead and that is much worse than anything
    that got broken. We are fine. We are alive," he said.

    A second flooding victim was found drowned in a river in another town.

    Heddi Bodmer described how she had to run when the floods struck. She
    said: "I went to my mother's house and on the table there were still our
    teacups and when the mud came we had to run."
    The nearby railway has come to a halt due to swathes of mud over the
    tracks and workers are trying to get electricity re-established to areas where
    it has gone down.

    In Kelheim in the southern German state of Bavaria, the Benedictine
    abbey of Weltenburg was partially under water in Kelheim, following
    floods.

    On Thursday monks at the abbey had been forced to take safety in upper
    floors as the River Danube flooded.

    But by Friday a clean up operation was underway.

    But with no rain forecast for the next few days Bavarian authorities
    expect the situation to ease eventually.

    Bavarian State Premier Edmund Stoiber has promised assistance of up to
    2,500 euros for every affected household.



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