Kingdom FM More than 60 people have died and over 70 are missing after record rainfall triggered severe floods in western Germany and neighbouring Belgium. Fifty-eight of the fatalities were in Germany, with Chancellor Angela Merkel calling the situation a "catastrophe" as she expressed solidarity with those affected by the flooding. She said: "I grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster." In Belgium, 11 deaths have been reported. The dead included 28 in Rhineland-Palatinate state to the south. Among the worst-hit German villages was Schuld, in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Ahrweiler, where several homes collapsed and up to 70 people remained unaccounted for.