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A man walk on a road amid destroyed houses after the floods caused major damage in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 16, 2021 (CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP) SCHULD, Germany (AFP) — Aware that a storm was brewing, Cornelia Schloesser quickly installed a water pump in the cellar of her bakery. But “within minutes, a wave was in the house” and she lost the business her family had held for a century in Schuld, a village in flood-hit western Germany that now looks like a battlefield. “The oven is just junk now,” she said as she examined the extent of the damage from ...

Europe picks through rubble from deluge as death toll soars AFP 4 hrs ago AFP © Bernd Lauter Streets in towns like Germany's Schuld are choked with debris from the sudden floods Troops and firefighters scrambled through the night Saturday to find victims of the devastation left by the worst floods to hit western Europe in decades, which have already left more than 150 people dead and dozens more missing. Western Germany has suffered the most brutal impact of the deluge that also pummelled Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, leaving streets and homes submerged in mudd...

At least 150 dead, hundreds missing in devastating European floods Issued on: 17/07/2021 - 07:10 Submerged vehicles are seen on federal highway B265 in Erftstadt, Germany, on July 17, 2021. © Sebastien Bozon, AFP 12 min The death toll from disastrous flooding in western Europe rose above 150 on Saturday as rescue workers toiled to clear up the devastation and prevent further damage. Advertising Read more Police said that more than 90 people are now known to have died in western Germany's Ahrweiler county, one of...

Daily Monitor Saturday July 17 2021 A man walks past a car stuck in the channel, on July 16, 2021, in the pedestrian area of Bad Muenstereifel, western Germany, after heavy rain hit parts of the country, causing widespread flooding. PHOTO/AFP Summary Devastating floods have torn through entire villages and killed at least 153 people in Europe, most of them in western Germany where stunned emergency services were still combing the wreckage on July 17. The death toll from devastating floods in Germany reached 133 on Saturday, police said, bringing the total number of those killed in Europe t...

Troops and firefighters were called in Saturday to help villagers launch a mammoth clean up after the worst floods to hit western Europe in decades left over 150 people dead and dozens more missing. Western Germany has suffered the most brutal impact of the deluge that also pummelled Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, leaving streets and homes submerged in muddy water and isolating entire communities. With the death toll in Germany at 133, rescuers said far more bodies were likely to be found in sodden cellars as the clean-up gets under way in earnest. In Germany's worst-hit regions of ...