The World - News from March 31, 1988

U.S. servicemen joined West German firefighters in shoring up dikes with sandbags to protect the city of Wiesbaden from the floodwaters of the swollen Rhine River. Thousands of volunteers have pitched in over the past three days to protect people’s lives and property. Six people are reported to have died in flood-related accidents. Floodwaters slowly receded in most of West Germany, but the situation along the Danube River in central Bavaria is still critical after the worst flooding in 70 years. About 3,500 Bavarians have fled their homes.