Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is horrified by the 'surreal' devastation in the flood-ravaged region of western Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer visit the flood-ravaged village of Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany July 18, 2021.
She listened to the accounts of residents where the swollen Ahr river swept away houses and left debris piled high in the streets. Police officers and volunteers clean rubble in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Bad Muenstereifel, Germany, July 18, 2021. At least 160 people have died since Wednesday in Germany's worst flooding in living memory, police said.
Experts say that because a warmer atmosphere holds more water, climate change increases the risk and intensity of flooding from extreme rainfall.
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