AP
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.
AP
Aerial view of the flooded village of Doerfli near Dallenwil, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005.
AP
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.
AP
People make their way along wooden boardwalks in Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005.
AP /APTN
Car submerged by floods Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2005.
AP
Wading through a flooded street in Lucerne, Switzerland, postman Ruedi Krummenacher delivers letters, Aug. 24, 2005.
AP
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.
AP
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.
AP
Parts of the main street in Werthenstein, near Lucerne, Switzerland, are washed out and torn away by the River Emme, right, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
A motorway off ramp at Brienzwiler, Switzerland, next to the village of Brienz, is surrounded by water, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
An aerial view showing a cabin surrounded by mud in the village of Wilderswil outside Interlaken, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
Pedestrians walk on a bridge crossing the Swiss motorway A8 outside Interlaken, Switzerland, which was closed to traffic due to flooding, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
An aerial view showing the Mattequartier neighborhood, bottom left, in Bern, Switzerland, being completely surrounded by flood water, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
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.
AP
Vehicles and cyclists drive on a street in Lucerne, Switzerland, along the banks of Lake Lucerne, which flooded overnight, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
Firefighters and policemen evacuate a resident and her dachshund in a boat from the Mattequartier neighborhood in Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
Firefighters erect a sandbag barrier on the banks of the River Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2005.
AP
Members of the fire brigades and civil protection units in a boat evacuate the Mattequartier neighborhood in Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 22, 2005.
AP
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.
AP
People wade through a flooded street in the Matte area of downtown Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 22, 2005.
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.
Your Privacy
Essential
Analytic & Performance
Functional
Marketing and Advertising
Social Media
Your Privacy
This page provides an overview of our use of cookies and similar technologies (from here we will refer to all those as “Cookies”) and how to manage them. For more information please visit our Privacy Policy.
When you visit our properties and use our products and services (“Services”), we use Cookies to analyse and measure our performance, customize content and serve personalized advertisements. We may place our own Cookies (First-party Cookies) or allow our service providers to place Cookies (Third-party Cookies) on your device and collect information such as your device ID, browser type and IP address so they can help us better understand your interaction with our Services. Advertisers and other advertising technology partners may also use their own third-party Cookies to collect information about your visits, deliver advertisements tailored to your interests, keep track of the number of views of a specific advertisement, analyses the effectiveness of advertisements, or provide auditing, research and reporting for advertisers. Such third parties may also match you to an existing interest category (e.g. automobiles) that they’ve developed and provide you with more relevant advertising over time and across different websites.
When you click on save settings below, your preferences will be saved. You can change your settings at any time by using the consent settings module. Note that saving settings is linked to the particular browser and/or device you use to visit our Services. Saving your settings within one particular Service will not affect your choices on other Paramount Services, or if you visit this Service with another device or from a different browser. In addition, it won’t affect any of your activities on third-party services. You have other choices to manage cookies and other tracking technologies on the internet such as using industry choice programs or managing your preferences within your browsers or devices. For more Information refer to our Privacy Policy.
Essential
Always Active
These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our Services. Essential cookies cannot be switched off in our systems. You can set your device to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Service will not work.
Analytic & Performance
Always Active
These Cookies allow us to collect information about how visitors use our properties. Some examples include counting visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our services. If you do not allow these Cookies we will not know when users have visited our properties and will not be able to monitor performance.
Functional
Always Active
These Cookies enable the services to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our services. If you do not allow these Cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Marketing and Advertising
Always Active
These Cookies may be set by us or through our services by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertising on this and on other properties. If you do not allow these Cookies, you will still see ads, but you will experience less relevant advertising.
Social Media
Always Active
These Cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the services to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites, building up a profile of your interests to show you relevant content and advertisements on the relevant social networks. If you do not allow these Cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.