the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes, like matchboxes. almost 60 people have died
the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes,
speaking from washington, described him as a catastrophe. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes, the water ripped up the roads, tossed because aside like toys. tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and her family fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he is in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbour s house, but says she does not know what to them. what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone. her daughter tells us. it has been a devastating 2a hours, for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety, the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses
there has been record rainfall in parts of western europe these past two days and warnings that there is more to come. 0ur europe correspondentjenny hill is in one of the worst hit areas in western germany there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost in a matter of minutes. the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schult. she and her family fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured he s in hospital. margaretta points out what was her neighbour s house, but she says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it#s been a devastating 2a hours
belgium and the netherlands. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events to climate change. our europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes. the water ripped up the roads, tossed because aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and her family fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone. her daughter tells us.