German officials reject accusations of flood preparedness failures
Flooding has devastated parts of Western Europe since last Wednesday, with the German states of Rhineland Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as parts of Belgium, among the worst hit.
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Andreas Kranz and Leon Kugeler / Reuters | 3:03 pm, Jul. 19, 2021 ×
A man looks on outside a house in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Bad Muenstereifel, Germany, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
STEINBACHTAL DAM, Germany, July 19 (Reuters) - German officials rejected suggestions that they had done too little to prepare for last week s floods and said warning systems had worked, as the death toll from the country s worst natural disaster in almost six decades rose above 160.
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