European Death Toll Rises to 42 As Flood Waters Claim More Victims

Daily PostAugust 26, 2005

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RESCUE workers airlifted residents from a half-submerged riverside district of the Swiss capital yesterday as large swathes of central and southern Europe remained underwater and the death toll from flooding rose to 42.

Hardest hit was Romania with 31 victims - many of whom drowned as torrents of water rushed into their homes. Austria, Bulgaria, Germany and Switzerland reported a total of 11 dead, but numbers were expected to climb as more bodies of the missing are recovered.

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European Death Toll Rises to 42 As Flood Waters Claim More Victims

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