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Word: traun (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1954-1954
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...Bavaria and western Austria, rain fell steadily for two weeks. The Inn, Traun, Enns and Ilz Rivers, swollen and heavy with flotsam, emptied into the surging Danube. At points of confluence, Passau and Linz, there was catastrophe. At Linz, in three days, the Danube doubled in width and tripled in depth, forcing 15,000 people to leave their homes. At Passau the river stage was 40 feet, 22 inches higher than the previous record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: The Danube Overflows | 7/26/1954 | See Source »

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