In pictures: Central European floods
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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.

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

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

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

The Saxon town of Grimma is also suffering from flooding.

Salzburg and the surrounding areas have been badly hit.

The River Steyr in Austria has also burst its banks.

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

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

Residents of Walschleben, near Erfurt in eastern Germany, worked together to build flood defences on Saturday.
- Published3 June 2013