An aerial view shows the debris of a residential building and a destroyed road in the village of Nachterstedt

An aerial view shows the debris of a residential building and a destroyed road in the village of Nachterstedt, July 18, 2009. Three residents went missing in the eastern German village of after their lakeside home and another building suddenly collapsed into the water. A 1,000-foot of shoreline gave way next to an old open-cast coalmine converted to a lake.

An aerial view shows the debris of a residential building and a destroyed road in the village of Nachterstedt, July 18, 2009. Three residents were missing in the eastern German village of Nachterstedt after their lakeside home and another building suddenly collapsed early Saturday into the water. A 350-metre stretch of shoreline gave way next to an old open-cast coalmine converted to a lake, about 170 kilometres south-west of Berlin. REUTERS/Handout/Gemeindeverwaltung Nachterstedt (GERMANY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – RTR25SXK

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