1. After ravaging the high ground, rising waters burst a dam near Augsburg and flooded the groundfloor of a hospital in Neu Ulm late Saturday. 2. At Mostar, where the Neretva River burst a dam Wednesday and threatened to flood the city, the water level was subsiding. 3. Bridges washed out, roads collapsed and dams burst after the region was hit with a deluge of water. 4. Elsewhere, the danger eased Thursday from floodwaters that had forced the evacuation of French troops near the southwestern city of Mostar, where a river burst a dam. 5. Its contents flowed in Lake Tomahawk in Byram, bursting its dam. 6. The Neretva River in southwestern Bosnia burst a dam north of the city of Mostar and a second dam was threatened by the raging torrents. 7. Across the border in northeastern Nigeria, torrential rains were also threatening to burst a dam north of Maidugure, according to witness reports. 8. Bridges were swept away, dams burst and rivers overflowed, particularly in the provinces of Mpumalanga, North and KwaZulu-Natal, the sources said. |