The water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes, like matchboxes. almost 60 people have died
The water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes,
For west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety. homes smashed like matchboxes. more than a0 people are dead in west germany alone. others are still missing. armin laschet, who may succeed angela merkel as germany s next chancellor, said there was no doubt this is the result of climate change. translation: we will be confronted by such events again and again - and this means we need more speed in climate protection measures european, nationwide, worldwide. in schult, they re still in shock. michal and his friend had just finished refurbishing their pub. they were supposed to open on saturday. better news for their neighbour s dog they managed to pull him to safety just in time last night. it s hard to imagine that just yesterday, this was a quiet village street.
Speaking from washington, described him as a catastrophe. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes, the water ripped up the roads, tossed because aside like toys. tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and her family fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he is in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbour s house, but says she does not know what to them. what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone. her daughter tells us. it has been a devastating 2a hours, for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety, the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses
There was many here told us, no running. lives destroyed and homes lost in a matter of minutes. the water ripped up the roads and cast cars aside like toys. we met margaret as she arrived back in the village. she and herfamily margaret as she arrived back in the village. she and her family fled last night. at the very last minute, she says a fireman got is out. the family are safe although her son was injured and is in hospital. she points out what was her neighbour s house. but she says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it has been a devastating 2a hours, for less germany and for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety. holmes smashed like matchboxes. more than 40 smashed like matchboxes. more than a0 people are dead in west germany