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Aerials of battle against flood waters near Bitterfeld

(25 Aug 2002) Halle 1. Wide shot exterior of airbase, where the crisis co-ordination centre is organising helicopter relief 2. Close up wind-sock 3. Mid shot emergency helicopters' ground controllers in office 4. Mid shot controller talking on telephone 5. Close up computer screen showing map of flood affected region 6. Small Aerospatiale Alouette-type rescue helicopter taking off Deutschen area 7. Various aerials of flooded streets and fields near area where dike collapsed on Sunday Between Torgau and Bitterfeld 8. Aerial of Aerospatiale Puma helicopter flying over flooded fields transporting sandbags for flood defences suspended beneath 9. Wide aerial shot helicopter hovers to lower sandbags to emergency crew repairing dike wall on ground, south of Torgau 10. Mid aerial shot line of men passing sandbags along human chain 11. Wide aerial giant human chain passing sandbags unloaded from trucks 12. Super wide of same 13. Mid aerial shot of human chain repairing dike walls Bitterfeld 14. Various aerials of Torgau town surrounded by lake of floodwater Near Deutschen 15. Wide aerial shot of flood water pouring through broken dike in open countryside near Torgau 16. Close aerial shot of broken dike STORYLINE: As part of the battle to save towns from the floods that have caused havoc across central Europe, helicopters in eastern Germany are being used to ferry sandbags to plug crumbling dikes along the swollen rivers. In the eastern German town of Bitterfeld, hundreds of emergency workers and soldiers were working to shore-up the banks of the Mulde River. Water from the Mulde has covered part of the town since Saturday. Sixteen-thousand residents were evacuated in advance. On Sunday afternoon, officials commandeered trucks and helicopters to ferry hastily-filled sandbags from a nearby sports field to a dike about a mile from an industrial park that houses 150 chemical plants. With water seeping into neighboring fields, more than 400 volunteers and soldiers toiled under hot sun to build a wall of sandbags inside the saturated dike to prevent it from giving way. Authorities played down concern that the chemical plants could be overwhelmed and release toxins into the water. State environment ministry spokesman Annette Schuetz said dangerous chemicals had been moved out or stored well off the ground. A 30-meter section of dike was also washed away near Torgau, sending murky water racing across large areas of farmland but not endangering the town, officials said. With Germany the focus of the floods that killed at least 105 people across Europe, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was to meet in Berlin Sunday with European Commission President Romano Prodi and leaders from Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to discuss how to tackle the devastation. The clean-up bill in Germany alone, where politicians say the face the biggest rebuilding project since World War II, has been estimated at up to 15 (b) billion euros (14.8 (b) billion dollars). Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...