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Published: 20 Jul 2021 10:31 AM BdST
Updated: 20 Jul 2021 10:40 AM BdST Wreckage in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on Sunday, July 18, 2021, after the floods. The brutal rains that led to the deadly floods were accurately predicted by forecasters. (Gordon Welters/The New York Times)
European authorities have revised down the number of people missing as waters receded after devastating flooding in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland last week, even as the death toll continues to rise. );
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More than 700 people who were considered missing after the heavy floods ripped buildings from their foundations, overturned cars, and inundated homes and streets have been identified as safe after days of uncertainty, police in Cologne, Germany, said late Sunday.
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Germany floods: Officials rebuke criticism amid cleanup efforts
Top German officials have defended their handling of the country s worst flooding in decades. Local residents in western Germany are reeling from the devastation, as cleanup efforts persist.
Local residents and volunteers were picking up the pieces after catastrophic flooding in western Germany
With survivors facing the scale of destruction wrought by the deadly flooding in western Germany, the authorities have defended their response to the disaster.
So far, at least 165 people have been confirmed dead from the floodwaters. This tally includes 117 people in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and 47 fatalities in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia. One person is confirmed to have died in Bavaria.
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Germany floods: Death toll mounts as Merkel visits hard-hit region
Emergency workers have continued rescue and cleanup operations in areas ravaged by the floodwaters. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised swift help to rebuild devastated communities.
Rescue workers have been dispatched to find survivors of the flooding
Parts of western Germany continue to reel from the devastation of massive flooding, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel promises government assistance to ravaged communities.
So far, at least 160 people have died in Germany since the floods began on Wednesday, according to police.
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate alone has recorded 112 fatalities from the flooding. Dozens have also been killed in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia.