hospital. 23,000 forced to flee when a dam gives way in northeastern germany along the swollen elba river. flooding rivers forcing some 1,200 people in hungary to clear out but good defenses along the danube river appear to have held in budapest. at least 19 people have died in the flooding. in switzerland heavy rains caused mud flows including one that washed over train tracks as a train was passing by. we re told the tracks are now out of commission for at least a week. a group of mishermen off the coast of alaska got more than they bargained for. oh, oh! oh my god! are you kidding me? are you kidding me? no. that s a killer whale going after the halibut they were trying to reel in. you don t see that every day. no doubt they ll have fish stories to tale. they re mammals, whales are not fish. my 7-year-old would correct