LIVES DESTROYED:AT LEAST 168 people have died in Germany and Belgium following the worst floods in decades - with hundreds more still reported as missing.

Rescue workers are in a race against time to save those stuck in floodwaters amid mounting concerns of a fresh disaster as more heavy rains are forecast for the weekend.

German media has dubbed the national disaster a "flood of death" with at least 141 dead on Saturday

Police said that more than 98 people are believed to have died in western Germany's Ahrweiler district - one of the worst-hit areas.

Another eight people have been confirmed dead in Rhineland-Palatinate, officials said, bringing the region's total death toll to 98 as of Saturday evening.

In neighbouring North Rhine-Westphalia, another 43 were confirmed dead.

Up to 1,300 are still reported as missing, though the exact number is unknown because phone networks are down and people have been rushed to hospital without ID.

"That's how we found friends who couldn't make it [out]," Aaron Löhr, 22, told The Telegraph.

"Everything is in ruins" one resident standing next to his destroyed house told Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper on Saturday.

More than 22,000 emergency services are working on search-and-rescue operations in North Rhine-Westphalia, according to the state government.

"Anything is possible. We do not know what we will find in the cellars," a fire department chief told Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.

Locals have also come to the rescue.

Renato Yez, a 54-year-old lorry driver from Niederzissen, saved a woman's life after he heard her cries for help and assisted rescue teams pull her out of the water, local media reports.

Another resident recalls "containers and cars afloats [as well as] gas containers, faeces and puddles of oil," floating around as he attempted to rescue a group stranded horses.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Germany's president, visited the badly-hit Rhein-Erft district on Saturday.

He said the flood disaster is "beyond our imagination", adding: "We have met people who have lost everything. The greatest loss has to be borne by those who have lost relatives in the floods."

State premier Armin Laschet said the flooding was a "catastrophe of historic dimensions".

"The floods have literally pulled the ground from beneath many people's feet. They lost their houses, farms or businesses," he told reporters.

Meanwhile the death toll in Belgium has risen to 27 as emergency workers scramble to find survivors amid the debris.

Belgian officials added another 103 people were still "missing or unreachable".

Details and pictures of the last contact with people who are unaccounted for were published in German newspaper Bild - as part of a campaign to help find missing people.

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God have mercy!

Lord have mercy... Rip to the dead

That's one of the major disadvantage of living in coastal cities, because of their vulnerability to flood. The water body has made the surrounding land mass fully saturated with water, hence the inability of rain water to percolate, thereby causing flood. A city like Lagos can be totally wiped out within few moment if the ocean overflows.

So sad!!
Nature on killing spree

germany no fine sef. mtchew

These things are bound to happen... Man is the source of this catechism with their unnatural activities....

The adam and eve story* It's a book. Read it and understand the eventual end. Drop your religion by the way because it doesn't matter anyway.

Righteousness2:
FATHER! Have Mercy! We are Sorry

These Earth shaking Disatrous Events are Huge signs From GOD to all of us , the Earth Inhabitants.

They are as a result of the evils, Abominations,Rebellion, Sodomy, Depravity and Wickedness that has become a way of life in the nations and People.

My Admonishment to the people and Nations is to take a clue from the Ninevites in the book of Jonah in the Holy Bible.
Humble yourselves, Repent and Cry for Mercy to GOD just as the People of Nineveh did.
But If we Continue in this Abominations, Depravity and Wickedness, then watch out from Greater Wrath from Above.

GOD Almighty is a Loving , Kind and Merciful Father! HE is also a Consuming Fire. When he turns his back on a People or Nation, it is Destruction upon Destruction.

We are at the Last of the Last of days.
It's Crystal Clear that we are the Generation that will see KING JESUS Christ.
Folks! Get Prepared! The Rapture is upon us! Ignore the Mockers! Ignore all who are confused! Focus on the Safety of your soul!

Remember, the Breath in you is not your own. It could be taken away at anymoment.

Chu chu chu......

malware:
That's one of the major disadvantage of living in coastal cities, because of their vulnerability to flood. The water body has made the surrounding land mass fully saturated with water, hence the inability of rain water to percolate, thereby causing flood. A city like Lagos can be totally wiped out within few moment if the ocean overflows.

Totally wiped naa maybe the closest areas will be flooded...

Elmaaq:


Totally wiped naa maybe the closest areas will be flooded...

It depends on the strength of the waves sha.

This is serious.... Always thankful for us Nigeria. Imagine couple this with our useless leaders? You guess is as good as mine

God have mercy! Our prayers and love are with them

adadike:
God have mercy! Our prayers and love are with them

yes our prayers are with Germany.

Achalugonwa weds Adadike
a prayer answered in Jesus name Amen

This is wierd. Lalasticlala