Catastrophic floods leave over 120 dead in western Europe
Published :
17 Jul 2021, 03:15
DF News Desk
The bank of the river Rhine is flooded in Dusseldorf, western Germany, on July 16, 2021. Photo: Xinhua by Tang Ying.
Devastating flash floods due to intense rainfalls have swept through several western European countries in the past few days, killing more than one hundred and causing damages, reported Xinhua.
Some countries in Western Europe received up to two months worth of rainfall in two days, with Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg strongly affected, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Friday.
In parts of western and southern Germany, towns and communities were hit by catastrophic flash floods after heavy and continuous rainfall this week.