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Debris of houses and trees surround houses in Schuld, Germany, Friday, July 16, 2021. Two days before the Ahr river went over the banks after strong rain falls causing severals deaths and hundreds of people missing.
Michael Probst
A person walks between donations in kind that are lying in a hall on the grounds of the Nuerburgring race track in Nuerburg, western Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Heavy rains caused mudslides and flooding in the western part of Germany. Multiple have died and are missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging, debris-filled torrents that swept away cars and toppled houses.
Europe flood death toll tops 160, costly rebuilding ahead
Days of heavy rain turned normally minor rivers and streets into raging torrents and caused the disastrous flooding. Author: GEIR MOULSON Associated Press Published: 3:17 AM PDT July 17, 2021 Updated: 1:59 PM PDT July 17, 2021
BERLIN, Germany Rescue workers labored to deal with damage laid bare by receding water Saturday as the death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 160 and thoughts turned to the lengthy job of rebuilding communities devastated in minutes.
The death toll in western Germany s Rhineland-Palatinate state, home to the badly hit Ahrweiler county, rose to 98. Another 43 people were confirmed dead in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia state. Belgium’s national crisis center said the country s confirmed death toll rose to 27.
A bridge over the Ahr river is damaged in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
Rescue workers labored to deal with damage laid bare by receding water Saturday as the death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 160 and thoughts turned to the lengthy job of rebuilding communities devastated in minutes.
The death toll in western Germanyâs Rhineland-Palatinate state, home to the badly hit Ahrweiler county, rose to 98. Another 43 people were confirmed dead in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia state. Belgiumâs national crisis center said the countryâs confirmed death toll rose to 27.
Days of heavy rain turned normally minor rivers and streets into raging torrents this week and caused the disastrous flooding that swept away cars, engulfed homes and trapped residents.
Europe flood death toll tops 160, costly rebuilding ahead
Europe flood death toll tops 160, costly rebuilding ahead
Associated Press
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 07:26
Last update: about 9 hours ago
Rescue workers labored to deal with damage laid bare by receding water Saturday as the death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 160 and thoughts turned to the lengthy job of rebuilding communities devastated in minutes.
The death toll in western Germany s Rhineland-Palatinate state, home to the badly hit Ahrweiler county, rose to 98. Another 43 people were confirmed dead in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia state. Belgium’s national crisis center said the country s confirmed death toll rose to 27.