Knee-deep in sewage: German rescuers race to avert health emergency in flood areas
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Red Cross volunteers and emergency services in Germany deployed emergency stand-pipes and mobile vaccination vans to flood-devastated regions on Tuesday, attempting to avert a public health emergency,
write Reuters TV, Thomas Escritt, Ann-Kathrin Weis and Andi Kranz.
Last week s freak floods killed more than 160 people, and wrecked basic services in the hilly villages of the Ahrweiler district, leaving thousands of residents knee-deep in debris and without sewage or drinking water. We have no water, we have no electricity, we have no gas. The toilet can t be flushed, said Ursula Schuch. Nothing is working. You can t shower.I am nearly 80 years old and I have never experienced anything like it.
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