(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, JUL 15 - Heavy rains and floods lashing
western Europe have killed at least 42 people in Germany and
left many more missing, as rising waters led several houses to
collapse on Thursday. Unusually heavy rains also inundated
neighbouring Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium, where at
least four people were reported dead and people were ordered to
evacuate a riverbank in one city. In Germany, which is
experiencing one of the worst weather disasters since the Second
World War, desperate residents sought refuge on the roofs of
their homes as rescue helicopters circled above. (ANSA-AFP).
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