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A resident stands next to her destroyed house that collapsed in flash floods that hit the town of Bogatynia, Poland, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Poles, Czechs and Germans struggled Monday to clean up homes and towns badly damaged as the waters of deadly weekend flooding began to recede. But the swollen rivers pushed northward, and other towns and villages braced for possible high waters. The floods caused a number of fatalities. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A woman takes a picture of house that collapsed in flash floods that hit the town of Bogatynia, Poland, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Poles, Czechs and Germans struggled Monday to clean up homes and towns badly damaged as the waters of deadly weekend flooding began to recede. But the swollen rivers pushed northward, and other towns and villages braced for possible high waters. The floods caused a number of fatalities. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Pakistani villagers chase to relief supplies dropped from an army helicopter in a heavy flood-hit area of Mithan Kot, in central Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The government has struggled to cope with the scale of the disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people, prompting the international community to help by donating tens of millions of dollars and providing relief supplies. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Pakistani villagers swim across floodwaters after collecting relief supplies dropped from an army helicopter in a heavy flood-hit area of Mithan Kot, in central Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The government has struggled to cope with the scale of the disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people, prompting the international community to help by donating tens of millions of dollars and providing relief supplies. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Crew members help villagers get off an army helicopter after being transported from a heavily flooded area to Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
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Flood-affected children queue for relief distributed by the Falah-e-Insaniyat foundation, the charity wing of the Pakistani militant group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Volunteers of the Falah-e-Insaniyat foundation, the charity wing of the Pakistani militant group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, supervise the cooking of food for flood-affected people in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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A villager stands outside what is left of homes washed away by heavy floods in Charsadda in northwest Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Children scuffle for food relief in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in the wake of massive flooding. The number of people suffering from the floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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A woman affected by the flooding in Pakistan sits next to her mother, Deenal Mai, 75, who is ill and exhausted because of hunger and thirst, on their arrival at Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh Province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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Villagers take shelter on higher ground as flood waters threaten the area in Ghazi Gat near Muzaffargarh in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Pakistani villagers flee their home because of heavy flooding in Muzaffargarh in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Pakistani flood victims get relief food in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Letitia A. Long shakes hands with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates after becoming the director of the National Geospatial-Inteligence Agency on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, during a change-of-director ceremony at the agency in Springfield, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Letitia A. Long (right) is applauded by Vice Adm. Robert Murrett as she takes over as director of the National Geospatial-Inteligence Agency from Adm. Murrett on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, during a change-of-director ceremony at the agency in Springfield, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
