German authorities have ordered the evacuation of several villages as flooding continues to sweep across central Europe.
Flood Waters Sweep Across Europe
![Volunteers and soldiers lay down sandbags to stop the flood of River Danube in Szentendre, Hungary, June 9, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/758f100b-8de2-4dc0-948a-3eff2d5528d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Volunteers and soldiers lay down sandbags to stop the flood of River Danube in Szentendre, Hungary, June 9, 2013.
![A volunteer rests in Nagymaros, west of Budapest, Hungary, June 8, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ee8541c7-3103-4cb5-92cf-d5d928296e50_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A volunteer rests in Nagymaros, west of Budapest, Hungary, June 8, 2013.
![Residents are carried on a tractor in the eastern Bavarian village of Niederalteich, Germany, June 6, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a9763196-72ac-45b5-ae61-3c59de0eba89_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents are carried on a tractor in the eastern Bavarian village of Niederalteich, Germany, June 6, 2013.
![A couple walk through a flooded street past a flooded hallway of a house near the Elbe river in the east German town of Pirna, June 4, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8de10e1a-229b-4307-a00b-a47051527644_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A couple walk through a flooded street past a flooded hallway of a house near the Elbe river in the east German town of Pirna, June 4, 2013.