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Pisek residents watch from the medieval Stone Bridge as rising waters flow past a sand sculpture on a bank of Otava river
28 Jun 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Pisek residents watch from the medieval Stone Bridge as rising waters flow past a sand sculpture on a bank of Otava river June 28, 2009. Heavy rains swept the southern Czech Republic on Sunday and meteorologists said rains would continue into the next week, keeping the east and southwest of the central European country on flood warning. REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
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A resident of the village of Strunkovice stands in her flooded courtyard, June 28, 2009. Heavy rains swept the southern Czech Republic on Sunday and meteorologists said rains would continue into ...


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