Germany on alert amid flood fears

AUTHORITIES in eastern Germany were on high alert yesterday amid fears of flooding from Poland to hit the region.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th May 2010, 21:13 BST

Updated 27th May 2010, 12:24 BST

A spokesman for Brandenburg's state ministry of environment, Ingo Decker, said the flood was "coming fast".

Authorities were distributing sandbags. yesterday.