Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich (2L) visits local people and soldiers who are helping to clear up the devastation in the flood-hit village of Bogatynia, Poland, on 12 August 2010. The dam on the nearby reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow broke on 07 August afternoon, following heavy rainfalls, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity. Bogatynia and Zgorzelec were particularly hard-hit by the flooding. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
The broken dam on the reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow, seen on 12 August 2010. The dam yielded to the pressure of water after heavy rainfalls on 07 August, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity, including the particularly hard-hit town of Zgorzelec. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
The broken dam on the reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow, seen on 12 August 2010. The dam yielded to the pressure of water after heavy rainfalls on 07 August, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity, including the particularly hard-hit town of Zgorzelec. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
Life is slowly returning to normal, as the first greengrocer opens on the devastated market place in the flood-hit village of Bogatynia, Poland, on 12 August 2010. The dam on the nearby reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow broke on 07 August afternoon, following heavy rainfalls, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity. Bogatynia and Zgorzelec were particularly hard-hit by the flooding. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
Life is slowly returning to normal, as the first greengrocer opens on the devastated market place in the flood-hit village of Bogatynia, Poland, on 12 August 2010. The dam on the nearby reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow broke on 07 August afternoon, following heavy rainfalls, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity. Bogatynia and Zgorzelec were particularly hard-hit by the flooding. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
Local people have started another day of work at tidying up the devastation in the flood-hit village of Bogatynia, Poland, on 12 August 2010. The dam on the nearby reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow broke on 07 August afternoon, following heavy rainfalls, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity. Bogatynia and Zgorzelec were particularly hard-hit by the flooding. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
Soldiers are about to start another day of work at tidying up the devastation in the flood-hit village of Bogatynia, Poland, on 12 August 2010. The dam on the nearby reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow broke on 07 August afternoon, following heavy rainfalls, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity. Bogatynia and Zgorzelec were particularly hard-hit by the flooding. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
Local people have started another day of work at tidying up the devastation in the flood-hit village of Bogatynia, Poland, on 12 August 2010. The dam on the nearby reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow broke on 07 August afternoon, following heavy rainfalls, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity. Bogatynia and Zgorzelec were particularly hard-hit by the flooding. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich (centre,white shirt) visits local people and soldiers who are helping to clear up the devastation in the flood-hit village of Bogatynia, Poland, on 12 August 2010. The dam on the nearby reservoir Niedow belonging to the local power plant Turow broke on 07 August afternoon, following heavy rainfalls, and a 7-metre wave deluged the villages and towns in the vicinity. Bogatynia and Zgorzelec were particularly hard-hit by the flooding. EPA/Lech Muszynski POLAND OUT
