Germany floods: Merkel pledges support for victims
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Germany floods: Merkel pledges support for victims
Germany floods: Merkel pledges support for victims
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has xo pledged full support for the victims of some
of the country's worst flooding in decades.
Record rainfall in western Europe caused rivers to burst their banks, devastating
the region.
At least 59 people have died in Germany with hundreds more reported missing.
Belgium has also reported at least 11 dead after the extreme weather, which
politicians have blamed on climate change.
Experts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme
weather events, but linking any single event to global warming is complicated.
Speaking during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington DC,
Mrs Merkel expressed her "deepest condolences" to everyone across the region
who had lost loved ones after "a day of worry and despair".
"I fear we will only see the full extent of this tragedy in the coming days," she said.
She also pledged government support with rescue efforts and with reconstruction,
saying to the German people that the government "will not leave you alone in this
difficult, terrible hour". |
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