It may seem surprising that unexploded bombs remain undiscovered in Berlin and other German cities decades after World War II ended.
Many unexploded bombs dropped by Allied forces during World War II remain undiscovered in Berlin and other cities some seven decades later.
But in one of the driest Novembers on record, Rhine River levels have dropped dramatically, revealing an unusually large trove of unexploded bombs in its bed.
Mr. Lenz added that as unexploded bombs grow older, they are becoming ever more unstable, and increasingly likely to explode, as the elements deteriorate their chemical detonators.
Nevertheless, with the exuberance of youth, I tired to make my way to school by bicycle and was prevented from entering several roads because of craters and unexploded bombs.
Numerous unexploded bombs have since been discovered and detonated.
Note that the area still has unexploded bombs, so take care when walking to stay within designated areas - only the three main Plain of Jars sites are considered reasonably free of UXOs.
Berlin (CNN) -- It happens more often than you might think: Streets cordoned off and bomb disposal experts called in to deal with unexploded bombs that were dropped on Germany nearly 70 years ago.
Mr. Lenz and other German bomb disposal experts said it could be still decades, or even centuries, before nearly all of the tens of thousands of still-unexploded bombs estimated to be buried throughout Germany are discovered.
On arriving in Phonsavan, head to the UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) Visitor Information Centre (in the centre of Phonsavan, opposite Craters restaurant) and learn about Laos' plight with unexploded bombs that were dropped during the Vietnam War.
Even when the fighting stopped, simply going to school or gathering firewood for cooking was a potentially life-threatening activity in many areas: landmines and unexploded bombs caused over 340 casualties in the first six months after the fighting ended, and all in an area half the size of Wales.
After the two brothers engaged in a gun battle with police early Friday, authorities found many unexploded homemade bombs at the scene, along with more than 250 rounds of ammunition.
He recalled seeing stockpiles of explosively formed penetrators, as well as charges that had been recovered from unexploded American cluster bombs.
But a legacy of Israel's military offensive against Hezbollah will remain on the ground literally in the form of an estimated one million unexploded bomblets dispersed by cluster bombs.
Then there is the noise of bombs and shells, and dangers from unexploded ordnance.
American, British and Dutch planes dropped more than 1, 500 cluster bombs on the province in three months, leaving an estimated 20, 000 unexploded bomblets on the ground.
Even without unexploded devices, investigators can still sift through the blast marks of the detonated devices to determine how the bombs were constructed.
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