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At least 125 people have died from floods in Germany and Belgium , with hundreds still missing .
Dramatic stories of the catastrophe have begun to emerge, such as that of the 12 elderly people who lost their lives when the strong current swept away as an asylum in the German town of Sinzig, in the Rhineland-Palatinate province, the most devastated so far with 64 deaths, reported The Associated Press this Friday.
Of the deaths so far, 106 occurred in Germany, where the Ahr River in the west of the country has been the main source of destruction. There are still about 1, 300 missing. Floods also affect the Netherlands and Switzerland .
Authorities have indicated that in some parts of western Europe the rain that normally corresponds to two months.
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Rescue tasks continue after days of heavy rains over several countries of the Old Continent , in complete contrast to the United States, where the west of the vast territory runs through a brutal drought including water shortages and fires .
The tragedy occurs while German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in the United States , from where he expressed his shock. But Merkel has come to be criticized for her inaction in the face of global warming that experts assure is the root cause of excess precipitation.
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“Climate change is no longer something abstract. We are living it up close and in pain, ”said Malu Dreyer, governor of the devastated state of Rhineland-Palatinate, while accused Chancellor Merkel and other leaders of failing to do greater efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emotions in the country.
News in development.