1962 Press Photo Floods Hamburg floods

Death role rises in Hamburg floods. worst in living Memory: Twenty thousand troops - many of them British are helping in the great rescue operations in the Floods which are now sweeping through vast tracks of Germany. worst hit is the Hamburg area- where a fifth of the city is under water. Two hundred an a fifty people are dead or missing - in the floods said to be the worst on record. Photo shows Boats and all types of craft are used to rescue people from their flooded homes in the Hamburg area.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 2-18-1962.



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