A car destroyed in the floods lies next to the Ahr River, following heavy rainfalls in Schuld, Germany. Around 1300 people were missing in the Ahrweiler district south of Cologne, the district government said on Facebook. In the town of Schuld, houses were reduced to piles of debris and broken beams. Hundreds of soldiers and 2,500 relief workers were helping police with rescue efforts in Germany. Flooding in 2002 killed 21 people in eastern Germany and more than 100 across the wider central European region.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 16, 2021 08:03 UTC