Germany and other western European countries Friday, with the death toll climbing to more than 125 people and more than a thousand people still missing.Entire towns and villages lay in ruins after swollen rivers swept through the western German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as Belgium and the Netherlands.
Death toll climbs to 120 in Europe floods as search for survivors continues The European region is experiencing some of the worst floodings in decades, as a low-pressure system circling over the continent triggered record-setting rainfalls and catastrophic flooding.“Some parts of Western Europe … received up to two months of rainfall in the space of two days.