“The German language hardly knows any words for the devastation that has been caused here,” German Chancellor Merkel says.
As the waters rose from the Ahr river, Zinat Hamsoro, 41, who lives in the normally tranquil Heimersheim, told NBC News she had been forced to climb and spend the night on a hill near the village.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, called for more action on climate change as she surveyed the damage."The German language hardly knows any words for the devastation that has been caused here," she said. German finance minister Olaf Scholz said he will propose a package of immediate aid at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, telling the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that more than 300 million euros will be needed.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer talk to helpers during their visit to the flood-ravaged village of Schuld on Sunday.Elsewhere, in his first public appearance to the faithful in St Peter's Square after major surgery,offered a prayer for the victims and for support of the"efforts of all to help those who suffered great damage".
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