Dresden floods. Satellite image of the swollen River Elbe flooding the city of Dresden, Germany. This is an example of the severe flooding that affect

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Dresden floods. Satellite image of the swollen River Elbe flooding the city of Dresden, Germany. 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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Photo credit: © GEOEYE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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