In pictures: Central European floods

Fireman carry furniture to create a flood barrier in central Prague (2 June 2013)

Central Prague was on standby on Sunday as emergency services worked to protect the city. These firemen are preparing an anti-flood barrier on the banks of the River Vltava.

People work to build flood defences near the Charles Bridge in Prague (2 June 2013)

Workers build a flood wall at the foot of the Charles Bridge in the historic centre of the Czech capital.

Flooded old town in Passau, Bavaria (2 June 2013)

Parts of the old town in the Bavarian city of Passau were under water.

People watch the rising Lech river on June 2, 2013 in Landsberg am Lech, Germany

Bystanders in Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria view the floodwaters of the Lech river.

People look out from a bridge over the river Mulde at the flooded embankments of Grimma, near Leipzig June 2, 2013.

The Saxon town of Grimma is also suffering from flooding.

A local resident watches the swollen river Saalach, in Lofer in the Austrian province of Salzburg, Sunday, June. 2, 2013

Salzburg and the surrounding areas have been badly hit.

Flooded houses next to river Steyr are pictured during heavy rainfall in the small Austrian city of Steyr June 2, 2013

The River Steyr in Austria has also burst its banks.

The flooded western Austrian village of Koessen after heavy rainfalls June 2, 2013

Many other communities in western Austria were also under water on Sunday.

People stand behind a mobile flood protection wall as they look at the floodwater from the Rhine river in the northern Swiss village of Wallbach (June 1, 2013)

These residents of the northern Swiss village of Wallbach look out at the flooded River Rhine from behind temporary flood protection walls.

Volunteers pass sand bags along as they build flood defences near Walschleben, eastern Germany (June 1, 2013)

Residents of Walschleben, near Erfurt in eastern Germany, worked together to build flood defences on Saturday.

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