Germany Flood

epa02178435 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (front R)Brandenburg's Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck (front L) walk along a mobile high water shield at the German-Polish border river Oder in Frankfurt Oder, Germany, 29 May 2010. On 28 May, high water alert stage 4 was established in Frankfurt Oder because dikes could have been overflown. The high water reached its peak in Brandenburg by now without severe damages or floodings.  EPA/JENS BUETTNER