A drone shows the devastation caused by the flooding of the Ahr river in the Eifel area, Rhineland-Palatinate. Photo: picture alliance/dpa/TNN | Christoph Reichwein
Severe flooding has left dozens of people dead and many missing in communities across western Germany.
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The states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have been worst hit by the storms which have caused rivers to burst their banks and threatened to bring down further homes.
As these dramatic pictures and tweets show, the extreme weather is heavily affecting towns and villages across the region.
Images of Germany’s “catastrophe”, as chancellor Merkel called the severe flooding that has hit western Germany, killing dozens pic.twitter.com/YPnjkwvE3U
A drone shot (below) captures the flooding in Schuld on Thursday, Rhineland-Palatinate.
Photo: picture alliance/dpa/TNN | Christoph Reichwein
Absolute devastation in Ahrweiler. 42 people have been killed across the region, and dozens more are missing. One local tells me she saw the body of her neighbour as she evacuated today. #Hochwasserpic.twitter.com/tWcN8sNBos
Rescue workers survey the flooded streets in Solingen, NRW, on Thursday morning.
Photo: picture alliance/dpa/TNN | Gianni Gattus
My homeland #Eifel was hit very hard by massive rain yesterday. Situation is still critical: Fatalities, damages and still people to be rescued. pic.twitter.com/WfHWQDT0D8
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