It "was like a tsunami,” the way it entered the house and kept rising instead of retreating, said Paul Brasseur, 42. The family went upstairs and kept seeking safety during the night as the water climbed steadily below them. “We started to see buildings collapsing, people on the rooftops, buildings collapsing, falling into the water,” Brasseur said. A boat arrived to rescue the children, but it began taking on water while a makeshift jetty started to collapse. In Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, in western Germany, Andreas Wachtveitel spent Saturday clearing debris out of his apartment building.

Source: ABC News July 18, 2021 06:56 UTC