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The Malian capital of Bamako is struck by heavy floods, claiming 15 lives and inflicting serious property damage. Flooding is common in Mali, located in the semi-desert Sahel region. IMAGES
Berlin/Brussels, Jul 19 (EFE).- Emergency operations in eastern Belgium and western Germany to clear the damage caused by the worst floods Europe has seen in decades and to locate hundreds of people who remain missing continued on Monday.(CAMERA: Sascha Steinbach)
Euskirchen (Germany) Jul 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Friedemann Vogel) The death toll in the devastating floods in western Germany now rises to 161 victims, after five other people were found dead in the most affected region of Rhine-Westphalia.FOOTAGE OF INTERIOR MINISTER, HORST SEEHOFER, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, ARMIN LASCHET, VISITING EUSKIRCHEN.
Erftstadt, Jul 17 (EFE / EPA).- Clearing tanks of German Army, the Technical Relief Organization (THW) and rescue workers attempted Saturday to clear wrecked cars and trucks from the B265 federal highway in the German town of Erftstadt.Large parts of Western Germany were hit by heavy, continuous rain in the night to Wednesday, resulting in local flash floods that destroyed buildings and swept away cars. (Camera: SASCHA STEINBACH). SHOT LIST: CLEARING TANKS OF GERMAN ARMY TRY TO CLEAR WRECKED CARS AND TRUCK FROM HIGHWAY IN ERFTSTADT, GERMANY.
Berlin (Germany), Jul 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Filip Singer) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Friday called for "national unity" and solidarity with those affected by the devastating floods in the western part of the country, with at least 93 dead while the search for hundreds of disappeared continues.FOOTAGE FROM THE GERMAN PRESIDENT, FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER, IN BERLIN