China News Service, July 16th. According to AFP reports, German officials said that on the 16th local time, the death toll caused by floods in Germany had reached 93 people.
On July 15th, local time, after a heavy rain in Kyllburg, Germany, floods flooded.
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the hardest-hit areas. The state authorities stated that the local death toll has risen from 31 the previous day to 43, and several people were killed in landslides.
The heavy rain weather began to invade western Germany from the 14th, and on the 15th it has caused extensive delays and interruptions in railway traffic in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lahfach and adjacent areas.
A German TV station reported that this was one of the most serious natural disasters encountered by the two states since the end of the Second World War.
Dozens of people are still missing in western Germany, and the death toll may rise further.
German Chancellor Merkel said during his visit to Washington on the evening of the 15th: "I am worried that we will not see the full impact of this disaster until the next few days."