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Four days after the flood: Chancellor Angela Merkel
traveled
to the
Eifel
to speak to the victims.
Here she is supported by the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer.
Merkel and Dreyer ran through the village of Schuld on Sunday.
Merkel spoke of surreal, unbelievable destruction and a ghostly situation.
Photo: Christof Stache / dpa
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2/11
The living room is on the street, the sofa is full of mud: In the
Ahr Valley
, the flood has destroyed numerous places as well as guilt; the residents of Insul are clearing up the rubble in order to remove it.
In many villages people fought against the mud, which is getting harder every day.
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3/11
The horror is mixed with grief: Schuld's mayor Helmut Lissi almost burst into tears at the press conference with Merkel.
"This flood will scar the people in guilt," he said.
“Scars that are never forgotten, that cannot be dealt with.
Because our life has changed from one day to the next. "
Photo: WOLFGANG RATTAY / REUTERS
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4/11
In addition to Rhineland-Palatinate, the flood
hit
the people in
North Rhine-Westphalia in
particular
.
At least 46 people died here.
In Stolberg the clean-up work is in progress, volunteers pour the mud out of the cellar of a restaurant.
Photo: Marius Becker / dpa
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5/11
CSU boss Markus Söder and SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz appeared
together in front of the press
in
Bavaria
.
Both called for stronger climate protection.
Söder spoke of an "absolute super disaster".
Photo: Felix Hörhager / dpa
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6/11
Rubble covers the artificial ice rink in
Königsee
.
The district of Berchtesgadener Land has declared a disaster after heavy rain due to flooding.
Photo: Kilian Pfeiffer / dpa
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7/11
The German Weather Service expects more heavy rain for Bavaria in the evening.
In
Passau
, the highest water levels are to be reached at night.
Here two women look out of the entrance of a hotel over the flood barrier that is supposed to protect the building from the water of the Danube.
Photo: Peter Kneffel / dpa
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8/11
On the other side of the border, in
Austria
, the heavy rains also caused damage.
Salzburg, Tyrol and Vienna were affected.
In Hallein on the border with Bavaria, parts of the old town were flooded.
Photo: Zoom.Tirol / dpa
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9/11
Floods and landslides occurred
in
Saxony
.
Locally, more than 100 liters per square meter fell within 24 hours on Saturday.
In Saxon Switzerland, several localities of cities and municipalities were temporarily inaccessible.
The situation eased on Sunday.
Photo: Robert Michael / dpa
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10/11
In
Belgium
,
too
, the clean-up work continued over the weekend.
Here a boy is sweeping the devastated street in Eupen.
Parts of the east and south of the country were devastated.
Photo: Eric Lalmand / dpa
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11/11
Parts of the east and south of the country were devastated.
The flood destroyed numerous houses like the one here in
Chaudfontaine
on the river la Vesdre / Vesder.
Photo: Nicolas Maeterlinck / dpa
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