Unfortunately, floods and storms in Germany killed 157 people and caused a lot of damage to the people. We share the grief of those who have lost loved ones in these few days due to storms and floods.

 

Unfortunately, floods and storms in Germany killed 157  people and caused a lot of damage to the people. We share the grief of those who have lost loved ones in these few days due to storms and floods.

River floods, landslides, landslides, power outages, internet disruptions and mudslides have left catastrophic conditions in two western German states that are described as historic.

Riverside towns in the two states have been severely damaged. The roads were destroyed and the houses that had resisted in the first hours of the flood collapsed one by one. Thousands have become homeless.

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Floods in parts of western Germany have caused severe damage to homes

The death toll from devastating floods in western Germany and Belgium rose to 184 as of Sunday, and reports say the fate of more than 1,500 people is still unknown and "missing".

In Germany alone, the death toll has risen to 157 by the afternoon of Sunday, July 18th. This is the highest number of natural disaster deaths in Germany in almost half a century.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the floods and devastation in Western Europe "horrific." German police say about 90 people have been killed in the Ahrweiler area south of Cologne.

Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in many parts of the country, with floods raining down on rivers and flooding in western Europe.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the town of Erfstadt in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday, where at least 45 people had been killed by floods.

Meanwhile, concerns have been raised about the state of the Steinbachtal Dam in western Germany. As of Saturday, about 4,500 people had been evacuated from the area near the dam.

Unprecedented rainfall in western Europe and flooding of rivers have destroyed many homes and evacuated flooded residents.

The intensity of the floods around the rivers of West Germany was higher than in other parts of Western Europe.

Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in at least 21 places in eastern Germany in 2002. The total death toll from the floods, which swept across central Europe, was more than 100 people.