Kingdom FM More than 60 people have died and over 70 are missing after record rainfall triggered severe floods in western Germany and neighbouring Belgium.
Fifty-eight of the fatalities were in Germany, with Chancellor Angela Merkel calling the situation a catastrophe as she expressed solidarity with those affected by the flooding.
She said: I grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster.
In Belgium, 11 deaths have been reported.
The dead included
28 in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south.
Among the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Ahrweiler, where several homes collapsed and up to 70 people remained unaccounted for.
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