The death toll from flooding in Germany and Belgium climbed above 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters.
Police put the toll from the hard-hit Ahrweiler area of western Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate state at 110 and said they feared the number may still rise.
In neighbouring North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous, 46 people were confirmed dead, including four firefighters.
Houses and cars in the Ahr valley in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (Thomas Frey/dpa/AP)
Belgium has confirmed 27 casualties.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Schuld, a village near Ahrweiler that was devastated by the flooding, on Sunday.
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