Large parts of Western Germany were hit by heavy, continuous rain in the night to July 15, resulting in local flash floods that destroyed buildings and swept away cars. The number of deaths after storms in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia increased to at least 81, German broadcaster ARD said on July 16, in what is Germany's worst mass loss of life in years. The Bad Neuenahr, Ahrweiler and Euskirchen areas were particularly hard hit, according to the police. Some of the dead have not yet been recovered, and people are still missing.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Deadly Floods Hit Germany, Western Europe
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Firemen standing on the roof of their vehicle climb into an inundatetd house in the flooded Ehrang neighbourhood in Trier, western Germany, on July 15, 2021.
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Cars are covered in Hagen, Germany, Thursday, July 15, 2021 with the debris brought by the flooding of the 'Nahma' river the night before.
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Cars are covered in Hagen, Germany, Thursday, July 15, 2021 with the debris brought by the flooding of the 'Nahma' river the night before.
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An aerial view taken on July 15, 2021 shows a bridge damaged by trunks following heavy rains and flood in Echtershausen, near Bitburg, western Germany. - Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 59 people in Germany and eight in Belgium, and many more people are missing as rising waters caused several houses to collapse on July 15, 2021.
