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The death toll from floods in Germany has risen to 80: "We have never seen such a disaster"
Authorities in the west of the country estimate that the number of victims will continue to rise in the coming days.
Another 1,300 out of contact, while more rains are expected in the hotspots of disaster, the heaviest Germany has known in many years
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Friday, 16 July 2021, 09:06 Updated: 09:16
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The death toll from floods in Germany has risen to more than 80, the media reported this morning (Friday) in two disaster areas, the Rhineland-Palatinate and the North Rhine-Westphalia, with 50 and 30 victims respectively.
During the night, the Rhineland-Palatinate County Sheriff's Office said the death toll was expected to rise, and that they were trying to track down 1,300 missing persons, though most of them may have been disconnected due to damage to cell phone lines.
District Interior Minister Roger Lebenz told SWR: "We believe there are another 40,50,60 missing, and when you have not heard from people for so long, you fear the worst. The number of victims is expected to continue to rise in the coming days."
In the town of Bad Nunhar-Ahrbiller alone there were more than a thousand rescue operations yesterday, and some are still ongoing.
More than a thousand successful people work in the area, who were sent from across Rhineland-Palatinate and from the neighboring county states.
Officials said it was too early to assess the extent of the damage.
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In Rhineland-Palatinate, among the dead were nine residents of a home for the disabled and two firefighters who were involved in the rescue efforts.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the town of Oskrichen was hardest hit, with at least 15 dead.
Malo Dreier, the prime minister of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, told the regional parliament: "Some people are dead, some are missing, many are still in danger. We have never seen such a disaster. It really breaks the heart."
The stormy weather is hitting more parts of Western Europe, in mid-July, and western Germany is preparing for more rains after the Rhine River and its tributaries overflowed and caused heavy flooding.
In neighboring Belgium, the number of victims has risen to at least 11.
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