as the same weather system swept east across europe, it strengthened, turning disruption into disaster. in germany, floods wiped out entire villages. here, the ground just fell away under the weight of water in the night. over 100 people died in these floods in germany alone. awful scenes from china injuly, with flooding trapping people in an underground metro system, where a year's worth of rain fell in just three days. in the usa, death and destruction in tennessee in august as over 400 millimetres of rain falls injust 24 hours. a new state record. and vehicles are tossed around in a torrent in turkey in august as flooding causes chaos in northern parts of the country. scientists say we are unprepared for extreme rainfall. too often action comes after rather