Germany continued to battle serious floods on Tuesday as forecasts for near constant rain until later in the week worried officials. Fields in several regions of the northern state of Lower Saxony resembled lakes while there were floods on the Elbe river. Parts of the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia were also affected. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), heavy rainfall is expected in Lower Saxony until Thursday and Thuringia until Friday. France is sendin