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Woman trapped as waters rise


FLOODS SWEEPING EUROPE

At least six people have been killed in torrential flooding that has lashed Switzerland over the last three days.

Many other areas of Europe have suffered from the storms sweeping the continent.


Some Swiss regions have reported the heaviest rainfall on record, triggering landslides, cutting roads and railway lines and forcing the evacuation of hundreds.

One of the victims, a 72-year-old woman, was swept away by a river while walking her dog in Eastern Switzerland.

A man was crushed to death by flood debris in Zurich, and a teenage girl died in a collapsed building in Brienz. Another person from Brienz is still missing.

Two firefighters were also killed in a landslide on Monday near Schwaendi near Lucerne.

A number of villages have been completely cut off by the flooding. Schools have also closed and authorities have issued emergency flood warnings advising people to stay away from streams and bridges.

Several roads remained blocked and Switzerland´s national railway network was forced to suspend a number of lines with tracks and stations still underwater.

The rains have also caused severe flooding in parts of central and eastern Europe, leaving more than 20 dead in the last week:

:: Western Austria is on flood alert after several days of torrential rains which have claimed at least two lives and left six injured.

:: In Bavaria, Southern Germany, the army has used helicopters to evacuate residents from the flood stricken town of Eschenlohe. A disaster alert has also been declared in the Alpine resort of Garmish-Partenkirchen.

:: In Bulgaria, dozens of communities have been flooded and one man has been killed in a new wave of storms to hit the country. More than two million people in the Balkan country of 7.8 million have been affected by the heavy rain, which has claimed the lives of at least 25 people and left 14,000 homeless, since June.

:: Torrential rain in Romania has killed 18 people over the past week.

:: Widespread floods and storms in Slovenia have washed out roads in several central and eastern towns, while a state of emergency has been declared on Croatia along the Mura river, on the Slovenian border.





Last Updated: 19:19 UK, Tuesday August 23, 2005