Germany and neighboring countries were evacuating new areas hit or threatened by the region’s worst flooding in decades as the death toll across Europe rose to more than 160
BERLIN—Germany and neighboring countries were evacuating new areas hit or threatened by the region’son Saturday, as the death toll across Europe rose to more than 160 and rescuers were searching for hundreds still missing.
Rainfall subsided at the start of the weekend, but authorities warned that the flooding could continue for several more days before the water retreated. Farmland was devastated across the region.from flooded houses or the rubble of buildings and cars crushed by the torrent, meaning that the final death toll is likely to be greater, several German officials said.
Entire villages and town districts were evacuated with the help of the armed forces in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, as these countries’ armies joined in the effort to support thousands of rescue workers amid a shortage of helicopters and other hardware. In some cases, rescuers had to wake up residents of endangered areas in the middle of the night and convince them to flee, with some people reluctant to leave their homes and farm animals behind, authorities said.
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