Switzerland Floods

A woman pushes a man in a wheelchair as other persons wade through the flooded Schweizerhof Quay in Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005. The situation in the flooded areas of Switzerland has begun to stabilize. But it was still described as precarious in some regions.

Aerial view of the flooded village of Doerfli near Dallenwil, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005.

Seven-year-old Sheika from the United Arab Emirates has fun while floundering about in the water of the flooded street in front of a hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005.

People make their way along wooden boardwalks in Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005.

Car submerged by floods Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005.

Wading through a flooded street in Lucerne, Switzerland, postman Ruedi Krummenacher delivers letters, Aug. 24, 2005.

Hundreds of tourists line up on a meadow to leave by helicopter from Engelberg, Switzerland, which is cut off by floods from the outside world, Aug. 24, 2005.

Kneeling on a sandbag barrier, a woman empties a bucket full of water into the flood waters front of the Aare River in Thun in the Berner Oberland region, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2005.

Parts of the main street in Werthenstein, near Lucerne, Switzerland, are washed out and torn away by the River Emme, right, Aug. 23, 2005.

A motorway off ramp at Brienzwiler, Switzerland, next to the village of Brienz, is surrounded by water, Aug. 23, 2005.

An aerial view showing a cabin surrounded by mud in the village of Wilderswil outside Interlaken, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2005.

Pedestrians walk on a bridge crossing the Swiss motorway A8 outside Interlaken, Switzerland, which was closed to traffic due to flooding, Aug. 23, 2005.

An aerial view showing the Mattequartier neighborhood, bottom left, in Bern, Switzerland, being completely surrounded by flood water, Aug. 23, 2005.

An aerial view showing houses in the village of Brienz in the Berner Oberland region, Switzerland, after being damaged by a large landslide, Aug. 23, 2005.

Vehicles and cyclists drive on a street in Lucerne, Switzerland, along the banks of Lake Lucerne, which flooded overnight, Aug. 23, 2005.

Firefighters and policemen evacuate a resident and her dachshund in a boat from the Mattequartier neighborhood in Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2005.

Firefighters erect a sandbag barrier on the banks of the River Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2005.

Members of the fire brigades and civil protection units in a boat evacuate the Mattequartier neighborhood in Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 22, 2005.

Helped by a firefighter, right, a woman pulls her daughter in a rubber boat through a flooded street in the Matte area of Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 22, 2005.

People wade through a flooded street in the Matte area of downtown Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 22, 2005.