German, Belgian flood deaths rise to 157 as search continues

Rescue workers searched flood-ravaged parts of Germany and Belgium for survivors on Saturday, July 17, after burst rivers and flash floods this week collapsed houses and claimed at least 157 lives.

"Water levels have been stabilizing since last night, one can say the situation is stable," Wassenberg mayor Marcel Maurer said."It's too early to give the all-clear but we are cautiously optimistic." Over the past several days the floods, which have mostly hit the German states of Rhineland Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia and eastern Belgium, have cut off entire communities from power and communications.

Belgian rail network operator Infrabel published plans of repairs to lines, some of which would be back in service only at the very end of August.Emergency services in the Netherlands also remained on high alert as overflowing rivers threatened towns and villages throughout the southern province of Limburg.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were set to visit Pepinster, where houses were washed away, on Saturday afternoon.

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