German town hit by massive flooding

A young man paddled on his inflatable mattress Monday through the flooded streets in the historic city center in Passau, Germany.

Two firefighters stood next to a pump in the flooded streets of the Bavarian city. Passau is on the Austrian border northeast of Munich

The rivers Inn and Danube flooded the old city.

A young man helped to evacuate citizens with his canoe.

A resident looked out of his house on the flooded street.

Spectators looked at the flooded city as parts of the eastern and southern Germany were flooded due to heavy and ongoing rainfalls.

Soldiers stood in front of a shopping mall in the historic city center.

A helper stacked sandbags in an alley.

Water ran out of a firehose in Passau. Portions of Austria and the Czech Republic were also inundated.

A passerby walked through the flooded streets of Passau with an umbrella.

Residents grabbed sandbags stacked on a truck.

Timo and Andre traveled by boat in the flooded streets. The level of the river Danube had already risen past the historic record flood level of 1954 at 40 feet.

A person walked out a house through a window at an overflooded street.

A rescuer navigated through an flooded street in Passau.

A man carried a woman through flooded streets.