Gisikon-Root in canton Lucerne, August 20, 2005 (Keystone)
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Gisikon-Root in canton Lucerne, August 20, 2005. (Keystone)
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Emmenbrücke in canton Lucerne, August 22, 2005. (Keystone)
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Teufen in canton Appenzell, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)
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Emmenbrücke in canton Lucerne, August 22, 2005 (Keystone)
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A damp recital, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)
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Muddy motocross in Roggenburg, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)
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A slippery stroll in Wädenswil, canton Zurich, August 20, 2005. (Keystone)
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Bern's Matte quarter is used to periodic flooding, August 22, 2005. (Keystone)
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Lake Thun bursts its banks, canton Bern, August 22, 2005. (Keystone)
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Dielsdorf, canton Zurich, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)
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Natural disaster strikes.
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Heavy rainfall and flooding in Bern as well as east and central Switzerland in August 2005 caused heavy damage amounting to SFr2.5 billion.
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