MAYEN, Germany: Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 59 people in Germany and eight in Belgium, and many more people are missing as rising waters caused several houses to collapse on Thursday .
"It made such a loud noise and given how fast it came down, we thought it would break the door down."Chancellor Angela Merkel, on a visit to Washington, said she was"shocked" by the humanitarian"disaster", calling it a"tragedy" for the nation. Because a warmer atmosphere holds more water, climate change increases the risk and intensity of flooding from extreme rainfall.The North Rhine-Westphalia interior ministry tallied four more bodies recovered, taking the region's toll to at least 31, while neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate said nine more deaths were likely in addition to 19 recovered in the region around the western town of Ahrweiler alone.Up to 70 people are missing, a police spokesman told AFP.
In the city of Leverkusen, a power outage triggered by the storms led to the evacuation of a hospital with 468 patients.Belgium has also seen several days of heavy rain that has caused rivers in the French-speaking region of Wallonia to burst their banks. Four were reported dead.
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