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Berlin, Jul 15 (EFE).- At least 58 people are dead and dozens more remains missing after “catastrophic” flooding hit parts of western Germany, causing buildings to collapse, public broadcaster DW said Thursday.
The storms hit North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, and neighboring Rhineland-Palatinate particularly hard, destroying buildings, roads and vehicles.
“The floods in Rhineland-Palatinate are of catastrophic magnitude,” state Minister-President Malu Dreyer said. “We are a region that is used to flooding, but what we are experiencing is a catastrophe.”
“We are fighting to save people,” she said.
Her counterpart in North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, a candidate to succeed fellow Christian Democrat Angela Merkel as chancellor, interrupted a campaign tour of southern Germany and traveled to some of the most affected localities.
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