Journalism of Courage
At least 150 people have died and many are missing in the floods that hit Germany and Belgium on July 15. (Rhein-Erft-Kreis/Cologne district government via AP)
Worst-hit areas in the floods have been Rhineland-Palatinate, Ahrweiler county and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germay; Liège, Brussels and Antwerp in Belgium; and areas of Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland. (Photo: Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)
The floods followed days of heavy rainfall. The power and communication in worst-hit areas has been cut off for day. (Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa via AP)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German President, said he was “stunned” by the destruction caused by the floods. He extended his support to cities and towns facing damage and the families of those killed in the floods. (Photo: Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)
Six houses in Schuld and 10 in Pepinster, a village near Liege, have collapsed in the floods. According to Reuters, a dozen houses in Rhine had also collapsed. (Photo: REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)
A high number of cars were swept away in flash floods. Officials believe that many bodies might be found in swept away cars and trucks. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Officials state that many roads were impassable, blocked by fallen tress and wreckage, due to which reaching flood-hit areas became difficult. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
“Some parts of Western Europe … received up to two months of rainfall in the space of two days. What made it worse is that the soils were already saturated by previous rainfall,” said Clare Nullis, spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization. (AP) (Photo: Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)
Hundreds have died and thousands are missing due to the floods. Volunteers and firemen are working together to rescue people in affected areas. (Photo: AP)
