Angela Merkel said she was "overwhelmed" by the disaster from the United States where she was traveling when the floods "of the century" occurred.
This Sunday, she goes to the bedside of the survivors.
The disaster left at least 183 people dead in Germany and Belgium, and caused considerable damage.
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The Chancellor has planned to meet the inhabitants of Schuld in Rhineland-Palatinate (west), a village described as a “martyr”: almost everything was destroyed there by the mid-week floods.
As rescuers continue to search for dozens of people still missing in the country and in Belgium, she should promise state aid for reconstruction.
It is not finished
If the trend is decreasing in the most affected area, the situation is deteriorating further south on the border between Germany and Austria.
Due to heavy localized rains, floods are reported in this area.
They left one dead on the German side, local police said overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
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A "disaster plan" has been decreed in the German district of Berchtesgaden and several hundred firefighters are deployed.
In Austria, the old town of Hallein is flooded and firefighters are on alert in the regions of Salzburg and Tyrol.
The EU provides its support, the results still provisional
Tens of thousands of Germans are affected either by the destruction of their homes, cuts in electricity, gas or telephone lines.
Not to mention the gutted roads, sunken bridges and cities under the rubble.
It is the biggest natural disaster in the country's recent history.
The death toll, still very provisional, stands in Germany alone at 156 dead, hundreds injured and dozens missing.
In the regional state of Rhineland-Palatinate alone, local police reported 110 dead in a statement, compared to 98 in the previous report.
In neighboring Belgium, where a day of national mourning is declared on Tuesday, 27 people have died to date.
The European Union has also assured its support in the face of these bad weather, which also affected the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
“We Europeans are with you at this difficult time with all our hearts,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a visit to Belgium on Saturday.
In Rochefort and Pepinster, I saw the devastation of the floods.
My heart ached when I met people who lost their homes, the savings of a lifetime.
I told them: Europe is with you.
We share your grief.
We will help you rebuild.
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- Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) July 17, 2021
Political impact in Germany
The floods could well redistribute the cards of the German political game, just over two months before the general elections, after which Angela Merkel will leave power.
Each candidate competes for proposals to strengthen the fight against global warming, the cause for many experts of flooding. The big loser in recent days is surely the conservative candidate Armin Laschet, the favorite to succeed the current Chancellor. During a tribute to the victims, the president of North Rhine-Westphalia - one of the worst affected regions - was filmed laughing. He was forced to apologize.
