floods caused major damage in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany, July 18, 2021.... Merkel promised swift

four people had died and 70 were missing around the wine-growing hub of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland

more than 90 people are now known to have died in western Germany's Ahrweiler county, one of the

On Friday, authorities gave a death toll of 63 for Rhineland-Palatinate state, where Ahrweiler is

BAD NEUENAHR, Germany( Reuters)-Germany's most devastating floods in 60 years have created

AHRWEILER, Germany— Like other residents of his town in Germany, Wolfgang Huste knew a flood was

They ended up on the roof, watching." We started to see buildings collapsing, people on the rooftops, buildings collapsing, falling into the water," Brasseur said. Eventually, making their way from rooftop to rooftop, they ended up perched on one with 15 other people, waiting hours for help to come.... Brasseur held his sons back." We held out, for those nine hours," said Brasseur, who has lived in Pepinster since he was 10.... The 39-year-old's home and office were submerged and badly damaged

administrator in the nearby Ahrweiler county had confirmed an" initial suspicion" of negligent

lucky.... The death toll in the Ahrweiler area, where Schuld is, stood at 112.... Finance Minister