The Delta variant, European floods and Dublin to host Europa League final By Ian Curran Saturday 17 Jul 2021, 8:58 AM 15 hours ago 8,779 Views 0 Comments
Image: Shutterstock/Natalia Lisovskaya
Image: Shutterstock/Natalia Lisovskaya
GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your Saturday.
Floods
1. The death toll from the worst European floods in decades has risen overnight to 153.
German authorities have confirmed this morning that 90 people died in the Rhineland-Palatinate region alone while 43 people have died in the neighbouring North Rhine-Westphalia.
That brings the death toll in Germany to 133. A further 20 people have died in Belgium.