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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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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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