Floods in Germany and Belgium: 125 dead and thousands confirmed missing, but there are fears that could be more

the floods caused by heavy rains recorded during the last days of the western Germany and southern Belgium they are gone for the moment more than 125 dead and thousands missing.

The german police reported this Friday that aAt least 103 people have died in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, the most affected in the country with more than 60 and 43 deaths respectively.

“The fear is that there will be more,” a police spokesperson told the daily ‘Die Welt’. The data indicate that at present about twenty people will have died in the city of Colony, and 15 others in Euskirchen. In addition, more than 30 people have died in the district of Ahrweiler, the most affected.

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More, authorities of Ahrweiler confirmed that 1,300 people are still missing, although they hope many of them were on vacation. In addition to victims and missing, the floods caused serious destruction of roads and bridges, as well as problems of telefona mvil red, which left the population of isolated area.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel, she conveyed her condolences to the victims and their families and said she was “shocked by reports that there are places completely underwater”. “We do not yet know the number of victims and disaster victims, but there will be many,” he lamented..

The minister president from Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer, affirm that the exact extent of the disaster is not yet predictable. “The suffering continues to increase,” he said before calling for action to stop climate change.

Meanwhile, rescuers continue their search for missing persons. The Bundeswehr sent 900 soldiers in disaster areas to provide support.

In the neighborhood of Euskirchen an expert re-examined the Steinbach dam throughout the day and after that it was declared “very unstable”. The water level had dropped Thursday evening because of the pumping.

SITUATION IN BLGICA

The storm is also affecting Blgica, or at least 23 people have died and four are missing, according to information from the newspaper ‘Le Soir’. In the Walloon Region, in the south of the country, some 41,000 households were no powerConsequently, the authorities announced the release of emergency funds to come to the aid of the affected populations.

The authorities warned that the “situation in the electricity distribution network continues to be extremely complicated”. In addition, mobility is very limited, with suspended train and bus services.

The governor of the province of Cork, the most affected, warned that the death toll could increase. “Only in Cork there are currently 13 people missing, ”he added. “We don’t know anything yet and we still can’t give a definitive figure,” he insisted.