Flooding in the Czech Repulic and nearby regions has caused widespread damage - and as the torrents threaten this chemical factory there are fears it could get worse.<br/> <br />The Lovochemie factory in Lovosice town is protected by a water barrier built after floods in 2002.<br/> <br />But emergency teams say there were fears that the barrier would not hold.<br/> <br />This fireman says rumours that the barrier was crumbling turned out to be just a leak in one place.<br/> <br />In neighbouring Germany, water levels in some areas were reaching record highs.<br/> <br />The army was deployed in eastern towns and cities to help combat the torrents while thousands of residents have been evacuated.<br/> <br />Eleven deaths have been reported across the region as a result of the floods, the worst in a decade.
