1.   Film clips of soldiers in chest-high water fortifying the dikes appear nightly on the news.

2.   Volunteers are trying to fortify dikes that are already saturated.

3.   People in low-lying areas scrambled to fortify sodden dikes with sandbags.

4.   Critics of the project say flood control and hydropower could be achieved more cheaply and with less disruption by fortifying existing dikes and building smaller dams upstream.

5.   Helicopters were bringing relief goods into the affected region, and police and solders were mobilized to fortify dikes, officials said.

6.   Olbrych said water is still rising but dikes are fortified and the situation is being closely monitored.

7.   People in low-lying areas scrambled to fortify sodden dikes with sandbags, and flooding was reported in the north and east.

8.   Police and solders were mobilized to fortify dikes, officials said.