Death toll in German floods rises to at least 33 -police

Published July 15, 2021 8:18pm

Aerial view taken on July 15, 2021 shows the flooded village of Schuld, near Adenau, western Germany, after heavy rains and floods caused damage and tore down at least six houses, with doezens of people missing. Christoph Reichwein/dpa/AFP

The toll from devastating floods in Germany rose to at least 33 on Thursday, police said, with several more people missing as river levels rise.

At least 18 people died in the region around the western town of Ahrweiler alone, local officials reported, with the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia hit hardest by extreme weather afflicting a large swathe of western Europe. -Agence France-Presse

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