Dresden floods. Satellite image of a flooded part of the centre of the city of Dresden, Germany. A bend of the swollen River Elbe is seen here. This i

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Dresden floods. Satellite image of a flooded part of the centre of the city of Dresden, Germany. A bend of the swollen River Elbe is seen here. This is an example of the severe flooding that affected large areas of central and eastern Europe in the summer of 2002. Image taken by the Ikonos satellite on 18 August 2002.

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