PowerPoint Show by Andrew

The Danube River reached its highest level in 500 years. The Elbe, Rhine, and other rivers and tributaries were cresting high as well as swathes of central Europe lie inundated by floodwaters that have killed 12 and displaced tens of thousands.

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic have been severely affected, as Hungary prepared for the swell of water.

City center of Grimma, Germany, on June 3, 2013

Schaerding, Germany - June 5

Flooding in Poland - June 5

Town of Wehlen, Germany after the Elbe river broke its banks - June 4

Unterloiben, Austria on June 4

Unterloiben, Austria, on June 4

Klosterneuburg, the neighboring city north of Vienna, June 4

Passau in south-eastern Bavaria June 4

Church near the town of Litomerice, Czech Republic - June 4

Bavarian city of Deggendorf - June 5

Helpers clean a flooded bar in the inner city of Passau, Germany, on June 4

Wehlen, Germany, on June 4

Trucks stranded on the flooded motorway A3 near Deggendorf, Germany - June 5

A cat tries to escape from water near Melnik, Czech Republic, on June 4

Floodwater encloses some houses north of Eilenburg, Germany, on June 3

Rescue workers help local residents evacuate in Grimma, Germany on June 3

Deggendorf, Bavaria, June 5

Deggendorf, Bavaria, June 5

A man carries a woman in Gera, Germany on June 3

Two women are rescued from their home in Passau, Germany on June 3