DESSAU, Germany — It came from the heavens with thunder and lightning and a deluge of biblical proportions. Much as one would imagine a miracle, the rescue of the Elbe River--which had been ...

The swollen Elbe River breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 villages and shut down one of the country's main ...

Ten villages evacuated in Germany due to swollen Elbe River. The Danube hit a record high Sunday evening in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Soldiers and volunteers have worked frantically over ...

The U.S. Army conducted combined assault river crossing operations with the Bundeswehr's, or German army's, M3 amphibious bridging vehicles on the Elbe River, during Exercise Heidesturm Shock ...

BERLIN — Rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm in Berlin Thursday as river cruise operator CroisiEurope christened its newest ship, the paddlewheel-driven Elbe Princesse. The 311-foot-long, 80 ...

American and Soviet veterans came together on Saturday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the two sides' meeting at the Elbe River in Germany in the final days of World War II.

The huge tub to transport ships over the Elbe took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build. The water bridge will enable river barges to avoid a lengthy and ...