in the village of schuld. the region has seen record high rainfall over the past 24 hours. damien mcguinness reports. these are the worst floods to hit this part of western germany in living memory. translation: our community centre wasjust crushed and stuck to the bridge over there, and a 40 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a housejust standing over there tilted over entirely. you can imagine this sort of thing happening in asia, but not here. at least a dozen people are thought to have died and more than 70 are still missing. buildings collapsed, whole villages almost destroyed, and cars swept away as streets were turned into raging rivers. dozens of people were trapped on the roofs of their houses waiting for rescue and almost 150,000 homes lost electricity. the whole country is affected.
translation: our community centre wasjust crushed and is stuck to the bridge over there and a 40 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a housejust standing over there tilted over entirely. you can imagine this sort of thing happening in asia, but not here. at least a dozen people are thought to have died and more than 70 are still missing. buildings collapsed, whole villages almost destroyed and cars swept away, as streets were turned into raging rivers. dozens of people were trapped on the roofs of their houses, waiting for rescue and almost 150,000 homes lost electricity. the whole country is affected. parts of the rhine have now been closed to shipping and across large parts of germany, traffic and rail transport is heavily disrupted. over the past 24 hours, this densely populated region saw record levels of rainfall. the heavy rain comes after an unusually stormy summer, causing rivers
affected and in belgium six people are known to have died with the city of liege urging all residents to leave. the germany chancellor angela merkel says she s had messages of solidarity from other countries who have also offered help. and in the past few minutes borisjohnson says his thoughts are with the families of the victims and those affected, and that the uk is ready to provide any support needed in the rescue and recovery effort. damian mcguinness reports. these are the worst floods to hit this part of western germany in living memory. translation: our community centre wasjust crushed and is stuck - to the bridge over there and a a0 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a housejust standing over there tilted over entirely. you can imagine this sort of thing happening in asia, but not here.
germany in living memory. translation: our community centre wasjust crushed and is stuck to the bridge over there and a a0 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a housejust standing over there tilted over entirely. you can imagine this sort of thing happening in asia, but not here. at least a dozen people are thought to have died and more than 70 are still missing. buildings collapsed, whole villages almost destroyed and cars swept away, as streets were turned into raging rivers. dozens of people were trapped on the roofs of their houses, waiting for rescue and almost 150,000 homes lost electricity. the whole country is affected. parts of rhine have now been closed to shipping and across large parts of germany, traffic and rail transport is heavily disrupted.