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Thursday, 22 August, 2002, 11:53 GMT 12:53 UK
In pictures: Germany counts flood cost
While Germany struggles to strengthen the banks of swollen rivers in some parts of the country, the clean-up has begun in others, leaving politicians to ponder how they will pay the bill.

Warped railroad tracks at Tharandt disrupt the Intercity connection to Dresden
Transport links have been disrupted by the floods (AFP)

Pirna street in Saxony
Rubbish piles up in the streets of Pirna in Saxony (AFP)

A teenager rests on a heap of sandbags (L), a shopkeeper climbs over barricades to enter his store (R)
Many small businesses have to consider how to foot the repair bill

A local resident rides near a sandbagged riverbank as a result of rising floods in Weisen, Lower Saxony
Sandbag barriers held firm in some areas... (AFP)

Soldiers prepare sandbag layers over plastic on the Elbe River
...while in others relief workers toiled to shore up defences along the swollen Elbe River (AFP)

Soldiers throw sandbags in early morning work to secure the Elbe dyke in Lower Saxony
The main concern now is how long the dams can hold on (AFP)

German youth visit an ice-cream parlour by boat in Lower Saxony
But some remain undeterred and managed to make their way to the nearest ice-cream parlour (AFP)


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