Soldiers and residents clean up after devastating floods in Erftstadt

Record ID: 1627289

  • Title: Soldiers and residents clean up after devastating floods in Erftstadt
  • Date: 18th July 2021
  • Summary: ERFTSTADT, GERMANY (JULY 18, 2021) (REUTERS) GERMANY ARMY TANKS AND FEDERAL TECHNICAL EMERGENCY VEHICLES CLEARING THE HIGHWAY, VARIOUS UP-ENDED CAR BEING REMOVED FROM THE HIGHWAY TRUCK ON TOP OF CARS ON THE HIGHWAY EMERGENCY WORKERS CARRYING DEBRIS OFF THE HIGHWAY / SOLDIER CLIMBS OUT OF TANK SOLDIER IN TANK DRAGGING A CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY, VARIOUS CARS PILED UP ON TOP OF EACH OTHER ON ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES ON THE OTHER SIDE FIRE-TRUCK AND LORRY SUBMERGED IN WATER HOLE IN THE GROUND AND CARS IN THE DITCH HOLE IN THE GROUND WHERE THE WATER RIPPED THROUGH DEBRIS IN THE HOLE IN THE GROUND CAUSED BY THE WATER SANDBAGS OUTSIDE DOORS IN THE STREET SANDBAGS OUTSIDE DOORS AND PLASTIC TAPED TO THEM SANDBAGS COVERING HOLES CLOSED OFF-ROAD EMERGENCY SERVICE AT CLOSED OFF-ROAD, VARIOUS DUCKS AND TURTLE IN THE WATER FLOODED RIVER OUTSIDE HOUSES
  • Embargoed: 1st August 2021 10:02
  • Keywords: Erftstadt Floods Flut Germany Hochwasser Klima Ueberschwemmung climate
  • Location: ERFTSTADT, GERMANY
  • City: ERFTSTADT, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Floods,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EMDAPFR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Residents in the German town of Erftstadt rolled up their sleeves and started cleaning up on Sunday (July 18) after unprecedented floods damaged many homes.
    Entire communities lie in ruins after river water swept through towns and villages and tens of thousands of residents in the region have been evacuated in the past three days, while soldiers, firefighters, and volunteers are helping reinforce dikes and cleaning up the damaged areas.
    Floods hit the South of Germany on Sunday, killing at least one person and adding to the flooding devastation that has claimed the lives of more than 180 people in Europe in recent days.
    Sunday's death brought Germany's death toll to 156 in its worst natural disaster in almost six decades, and the European toll to 183.
    (Production: David Sahl, Claire Watson, Elena Gyldenkerne)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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