Flooding in 2005

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Gisikon-Root in canton Lucerne, August 20, 2005 (Keystone)

Gisikon-Root in canton Lucerne, August 20, 2005. (Keystone)

Emmenbrücke in canton Lucerne, August 22, 2005. (Keystone)

Teufen in canton Appenzell, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)

Emmenbrücke in canton Lucerne, August 22, 2005 (Keystone)

A damp recital, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)

Muddy motocross in Roggenburg, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)

A slippery stroll in Wädenswil, canton Zurich, August 20, 2005. (Keystone)

Bern's Matte quarter is used to periodic flooding, August 22, 2005. (Keystone)

Lake Thun bursts its banks, canton Bern, August 22, 2005. (Keystone)

Dielsdorf, canton Zurich, August 21, 2005. (Keystone)

Natural disaster strikes.

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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