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A local resident shovels mud to clear a house in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 17, 2021. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP)
BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, Germany (AFP) In the normally scenic German spa town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, stricken residents were scraping muddy water from streets piled high with debris on Saturday as they began to face the aftermath of the worst flooding in decades.
“I haven’t slept for two days,” said Michael Kossytorz, 40, standing by a pile of rubble outside his apartment.
“For my parents it’s even worse because they lived closer to the river. But we have to keep going,” he said.
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German soldiers have been called in to help with the cleanup AFP/Torsten SILZ
18 Jul 2021 12:10PM (Updated:
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SCHULD: Chancellor Angela Merkel is to visit flood-ravaged areas in Germany on Sunday (Jul 18) to survey the damage and meet survivors, after days of extreme rainfall in western Europe left at least 171 people dead and dozens missing.
Merkel is scheduled to travel to the village of Schuld in Rhineland-Palatinate state, one of the two hardest-hit regions in western Germany, where the swollen Ahr river swept away houses and left debris piled high in the streets.