Sandbags in an industrial area of a port after flooding. Photographed in Magdeburg, Germany, after the floods in 2013. This flooding in Central Europe

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Sandbags in an industrial area of a port after flooding. Photographed in Magdeburg, Germany, after the floods in 2013. This flooding in Central Europe occurred after several days of heavy rain in late May and early June. It affected areas along the drainage basins of the Elbe and Danube rivers.

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Photo credit: © MICHAEL SZOENYI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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