.
More than 150 people still missing in German floods unlikely to be found, officials fear
- font size decrease font size
increase font size
BERLIN, 31 July 2021, (TON): A week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, German officials said Thursday they fear the 158 people still missing there may not be found.
The death toll from the floods has risen to at least 205 across the continent, while a total of at least 176 people remain accounted for. Belgium accounts for 32 deaths and 18 missing, according to its national crisis center.
In Germany, the hardest-hit country, entire towns were inundated by water, while train lines and roads were swept away by the flash floods, claiming at least 173 lives.
Germany's federal disaster relief organization said it was very unlikely that any more survivors would be found. Rescue services have continued to comb through towns ravaged by the floods in search for potential survivors.
The vice president of Germany's federal agency for technical relief, Sabine Lackner, also told media that she did not expect emergency workers to find anymore survivors.
Leave a comment
Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.
