A boat of the German Lifeguard Association DLRG makes its way through the flood waters of the Neisse river in Ostritz near Goerlitz, eastern Germany, next to the Polish border on August 8, 2010. According to the authorities, 1,450 residents of Goerlitz and the surrounding area had been taken to safety in boats, buses and helicopters. Heavy rains and a dam-break on Witka Lake in Poland near the German border led the Neisse and several other rivers in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic to burst their banks.     AFP PHOTO / ROBERT MICHAEL
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