1.   Another thousand dump trucks of sand were arriving Thursday to reinforce the weakened dike.

2.   As floodwaters strained against weakened dikes, Chancellor Helmut Kohl assured residents of the threatened Oderbruch region Tuesday that no area would be sacrificed to save another.

3.   But water flowing through the weakened dikes still spouted up in village streets, while emergency workers ran around trying to plug the holes with sandbags.

4.   But water flowing through the weakened dikes still spouted up in village streets, forcing emergency workers to run around plugging the holes with sandbags.

5.   Receding rivers posed a new threat to weakened dikes Friday, with officials worried the ancient fortifications could crumble as the floodwaters rushed away.

6.   The Dutch hope their weakened dikes will hold as flooded rivers gnaw Thursday at the ancient structures that safeguard their homes and livelihoods.

7.   TIEL, Netherlands -- Receding rivers pose a new threat to weakened dikes Friday, with officials worried the ancient fortifications will crumble from the accelerating waters.

8.   Truck driver Bertus Akkerman can see the weakened dike from his front door.