According to the N24 TV channel, according to the police, the city of Eifel in the administrative district of Ahrweiler (federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate) was particularly affected.
There, as a result of the collapse of a house, at least 18 people were killed.
Another resident of the city drowned.
Earlier it was reported that after the floods in western Germany, dozens of people are reported missing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in connection with the victims and other consequences of the cyclone that struck the West of Germany.