Scientists: Floods, Wildfires Are Signs of Global Warming
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Massive flooding killed at least 195 people in northern Europe last week. Massive wildfires are burning across much of the western United States. These extreme weather events, scientists warn, are clear signs of
global warming. And they say more is needed to be done to fight climate change.
Floods in Europe
In Europe, officials continue to find more bodies as floodwaters drop across affected areas of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. So far, 164 are confirmed dead and hundreds are missing in the affected areas of Germany. At least 31 people died in Belgium.
Updated German officials defend their actions on devastating floods
BERLIN (AP) German officials defended their actions ahead of last week’s severe floods that caught many towns by surprise and killed 196 people in Western Europe, but they conceded that more lessons can be learned from the disaster.
As floodwaters receded Monday, authorities continued searching for more victims and intensified their efforts to clean up a sodden swath of western Germany, eastern Belgium and the Netherlands.
So far, 117 people have been confirmed dead in the worst-affected German region, Rhineland-Palatinate, while 47 were killed in the neighboring state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and at least one in Bavaria, parts of which saw heavy rain and flooding over the weekend. The death toll in Belgium was 31.
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German officials defend their actions regarding fatal floods
BERLIN (AP) German officials defended their actions ahead of last week’s severe floods that caught many towns by surprise and killed 196 people in Western Europe, but they conceded more lessons can be learned from the disaster.
Jul. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm
Two brothers weep in each other s arms in front of their parents house, which was destroyed by the flood in Altenahr, Germany, Monday, July 19, 2021. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged, there are numerous fatalities. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)
BERLIN (AP) German officials defended their actions ahead of last week’s severe floods that caught many towns by surprise and killed 196 people in Western Europe, but they conceded more lessons can be learned from the disaster.
Belgian town begins cleaning up after severe floods
From 12:01 to 12:02 local time on Tuesday, all public transportation in Brussels will come to a standstill during a national minute of silence.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said the day will be a moment for citizens to show solidarity, closeness, and unity.
Many Ahrweiler residents say they received no warning
DW political correspondent Benjamin Alvarez spoke to residents of hard-hit Ahrweiler, and said many of them did not receive warning from authorities before the flooding. We have talked to several people here on the ground and while some of them told us they heard an alarm from firefighters, we talked to a lot of them who told us that they did not get any alarm from local authorities, firefighters or police, he said. Alvarez said some residents instead received calls from family members who told them to immediately leave their homes .
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