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Floods in 2005 Previous Next Werthenstein, canton Lucerne Storms and floods in August 2005 caused enormous damage in Switzerland. A year later photographers from the Keystone agency returned (all pictures from Keystone). Keystone Weesen, canton St Gallen Keystone Weesen, canton St Gallen Keystone Klosters, canton Graubünden swissinfo.ch Brienz, canton Bern swissinfo.ch Bern, Marzilibad Keystone Weesen, canton St Gallen Keystone Weesen, canton St Gallen swissinfo.ch Lucerne, city centre swissinfo.ch Thun, Lachen stadium swissinfo.ch Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Picture 7 Picture 8 Picture 9 Picture 10 Then and now. This content was published on August 21, 2006 - 11:31 You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us! If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.
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