The number of deaths is increasing in Germany.
At least 81 have died in the bad weather that hit the country hard.
This toll jumped, after the announcement on Friday of 50 deaths, against 28 the day before in the only region of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the west of the country, one of the most affected by the floods.
In addition, hundreds of people remain missing in the west of the country.
"I fear that we do not see the full extent of the disaster in the next few days," Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Thursday evening from Washington, where she is visiting.
"We must fear the worst"
In Rhineland-Palatinate alone, the authorities said Thursday evening they still had no news of 1,300 people in the worst hit canton, that of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler.
However, a spokeswoman quoted by Bild put this figure on the account of the disturbances of the telephone network which prevents being able to reach many inhabitants.
Concretely, "we are still counting on 40, 50 or 60 missing persons and when you have people who have not given any sign of life for so long (...) we must fear the worst", declared his Minister of the Interior. Roger Lewentz on SWR TV.
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