More than 100 people have already died in the severe floods in western Germany.
Neighboring countries are also affected by the disaster.
Brussels / Venlo - In North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, the state governments reported 106 deaths after violent floods and landslides.
But not only in western Germany did the rivers overflow their banks.
The Benelux countries are also struggling with the storm * disaster and have already recorded deaths.
Floods: Belgium mourns at least 20 deaths - Prime Minister declares a day of mourning
In Belgium, the death toll rose to at least 20, and another 20 people are missing after the floods in the east of the country.
The Ministry of the Interior announced on Friday that Prime Minister Alexander De Croo declared Tuesday a national day of mourning.
They are "still waiting for the final figures", De Croo said at a press conference, and the situation was "extremely critical" in some places.
According to the Prime Minister, these could be “the most catastrophic floods our country has ever seen.
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The Liège region on the German and Dutch borders has been hardest hit; at least ten bodies have so far had to be recovered in the two municipalities of Verviers and Pepinster.
Particularly due to the many estuaries of the Meuse near Liège, some communities were flooded, including the Ourthe and the Vesdre.
On Friday night, the Meuse had its highest level since records began 110 years ago.
Flood: Several places in the Netherlands evacuated - Rutte: "Fortunately no dead yet"
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes along the Meuse in some localities in the south of the Netherlands. In Venlo on the border with North Rhine-Westphalia, authorities have even moved a hospital with 200 patients. A total of 10,000 people were asked to leave their homes, and helicopters even circled Venlo for coordination. The highest level is expected here for Saturday night.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte has already visited Venlo and described the situation as "terrible".
Fortunately, there have not yet been any deaths here like in Belgium and Germany.
Let's hope that doesn't happen either, ”said Rutte.
So far, 120 people in Germany and Belgium have lost their lives due to the floods.
Luxembourg and the Netherlands have not yet recorded any deaths.
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