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Last Updated: Thursday, 17 July, 2003, 09:58 GMT 10:58 UK
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In pictures: Europe's weather
The drought-stricken dried-up Po river
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The steady drying-out of Italy's Po river is threatening agriculture and electricity supplies
Dried-up Swiss mountain lake at Albula
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This lake on Switzerland's Albula pass at an altitude of 2,300 metres is also nearly dry...
The Rhine at low levels - Cologne cathedral in the background
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... while the Rhine at Cologne is a shadow of its former self
Fallen trees on caravans and houses at Biscarosse, France
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After weeks of hot, dry weather, deadly storms hit France on Wednesday
Lightning over the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
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Thunder and lightning also came to Kharkiv in north-east Ukraine
A helicopter lowers a worker to clear rock from a path on the Matterhorn
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In the Alps, the Matterhorn has been left off-limits to climbers after melting permafrost caused a rock slide
Children use a transparent water slide in Unna, northern Germany
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But water slides are still in use at Unna in northern Germany, as the sun shines on


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