Jul 22, 1997 12:04 PM

Floods in Old World...

After enduring weeks of floods that have killed about 100 people and submerged 2,000 square kilometers, Germans, Poles, and Czechs got ready for a new inundation as heavy rains swept the region. Particular danger points were along the Oder River in eastern Germany and the Danube in the Czech Republic.

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