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Deadly floods in Europe rage through Germany, Belgium

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Volunteers and residents start the clean up process at their shops and restaurants following severe flash flooding on July 18, 2021 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. …
Volunteers and residents start the clean up process at their shops and restaurants following severe flash flooding on July 18, 2021 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. A doll is pictured in an improvisated public dump in Arloff, western Germany, on July 18, 2021. The death toll from devastating floods has risen to 156 in Germany, police said July 18, bringing the total to at least 183 fatalities from the disaster in western Europe. Workers bring debris to an improvisated public dump in Arloff, western Germany, on July 18, 2021. Water stands in the town centre in Bad Muenstereifel, western Germany, Sunday, July 18, 2021. Heavy rains caused mudslides and flooding in the western part of Germany. Multiple have died and are missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging, debris-filled torrents that swept away cars and toppled houses. Residents are seen between debris in Marienthal, western Germany, Sunday, July 18, 2021. Wiel de Bie, a 75-year-old stands outside his flooded home in the town of Brommelen, Netherlands, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Destroyed buildings are seen in the district Kreuzberg of Altenahr, western Germany, on July 17, 2021 after heavy rain hit parts of the country, causing widespread flooding and major damage. Driftwood and debris are seen in front of a bridge with a railway track in the district Kreuzberg of Altenahr, western Germany, on July 17, 2021 after heavy rain hit parts of the country, causing widespread flooding and major damage. Local residents clean up their house damaged after the flood in Angleur, near Liege, on July 17, 2021 as the situation remains critical as the water keep rising after the heavy rainfall of the previous days. A general view shows the district Kreuzberg of Altenahr, western Germany, on July 17, 2021 after heavy rain hit parts of the country, causing widespread flooding and major damage. An aerial view shows an area completely destroyed by the floods in the Blessem district of Erftstadt, Germany on July 16, 2021. The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 126, most in western Germany where emergency responders were frantically searching for missing people. A man rows a boat down a residential street after flooding in Angleur, Province of Liege, Belgium, Friday July 16, 2021. Severe flooding in Germany and Belgium has turned streams and streets into raging torrents that have swept away cars and caused houses to collapse. ( A woman walks up the stairs in her damaged house after flooding in Ensival, Vervier, Belgium, Friday July 16, 2021. This image provided on Friday, July 16, 2021 by the Cologne district government shows the Blessem district of Erftstadt in Germany. Rescuers were rushing Friday to help people trapped in their homes in the town of Erftstadt, southwest of Cologne. Regional authorities said several people had died after their houses collapsed due to subsidence, and aerial pictures showed what appeared to be a massive sinkhole. A woman looks at cars and rubble piled up in a street after the floods caused major damage in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on July 16, 2021. An area completely destroyed by the flood in the Blessem district of Erftstadt, western Germany, on July 16, 2021. A woman carries bags in a devastated street after the floods caused major damage in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on July 16, 2021.

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