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An unidentified man stands at a street flooded by the river Aare at the Swiss-German border near the northern Swiss town of Brugg
09 Aug 2007
Source: Reuters
 
An unidentified man stands at a street flooded by the river Aare at the Swiss-German border near the northern Swiss town of Brugg, August 9, 2007. Heavy rainfalls during the last days flooded rivers in Switzerland and Germany.
REUTERS/ALEXANDRA BEIER


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In this photo release by the Philippine Air Force, residents paddles in the submerged town of Candaba, Pampanga province north of Manila August 16, 2007. Residents of Manila and northern Philippines were braced for further flooding and possible landslides on Thursday as Typhoon Sepat gathered strenght northeast of the archipelago en route to Taiwan.



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