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15 Jul, 7 tweets, 3 min read
DEVELOPING: At least 19 people have died and dozens are missing in Germany after heavy flooding swept away cars and caused some buildings to collapse. nbcnews.to/3if90zh
UPDATE: More than 20 people have died following heavy flooding in Western Europe, with dozens more missing and many stranded on rooftops. nbcnews.com/news/world/5-d…
Devastation caused by the flooding of the Ahr River in the Eifel village of Schuld, western Germany on Thursday.

At least 33 are dead and dozens are missing missing as floods sweep Germany, western Europe.

nbcnews.to/3if90zh

📷 Christoph Reichwein / AP
UPDATE: More than 33 people have died and dozens more are missing as floods sweep Germany, Belgium and elsewhere in the region. nbcnews.com/news/world/5-d…
Firemen standing on the roof of their vehicle climb into an inundated house in the flooded Ehrang neighborhood in Trier, western Germany, on Thursday.

At least 33 are dead and dozens are missing missing as floods sweep Germany, western Europe.

📷 Ernst Mettlach / AFP
A woman tries to move through a flooded street following heavy rains and flooding in Liege, Belgium, on Thursday.

Weather experts say a near-stationary low-pressure weather system had caused unprecedented downpours in Belgium and the Netherlands.

📷 Bruno Fahy / AFP
Flooding in Insul, Germany, on Thursday. Due to heavy rain, the Ahr river dramatically went over the banks the evening before.

At least 40 are dead and dozens are missing as floods sweep Germany, western Europe.

Latest: nbcnews.to/3if90zh

📷 Michael Probst / AP

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