Berlin-Sana
The death toll from the floods sweeping a number of European countries rose to 153 dead, including 133 in Germany, in a disaster that officials attributed to "climate change."
France 24 quoted police sources in the German city of Koblenz as saying in a statement today: that according to current information, ninety people were killed in the disaster in the Rhineland-Palatinate and 43 in Rhineland, North Westphalia, while dozens are still missing in western Germany.
Countries neighboring the worst affected German regions such as Belgium and Luxembourg were affected by the floods and many homes were submerged and hundreds of people were evacuated.
A previous toll indicated that 103 people were killed and 1,300 others were missing.
In Belgium, twenty people were killed, and the army was deployed in four out of ten provinces in the country to participate in relief efforts, especially in evacuation operations. Tents were provided to transport residents of the flooded city of Spa.
The continued rainfall in recent days has caused rivers to rise and the Rhine is expected to reach its highest water level, which has imposed restrictions on shipping.