PHOTOS: European cities devastated by floods

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PHOTOS: European cities devastated by floods

Several cities in Europe have been devastated by recent floods.

Caravans, gas tanks, trees and scrap pile up metres high on a bridge over the Ahr in Altenahr, Germany, Monday, July 19, 2021. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged, there are numerous fatalities. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Firefighters stand in front of a destroyed house in Altenahr, Germany, Monday, July 19, 2021. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged, there are numerous fatalities. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Residents cean up in Altenahr, Germany, Monday, July 19, 2021. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged, there are numerous fatalities. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

A federal road is swept away by the floodwaters in the Ramsauer Ache near Berchtesgaden, Germany. About 130 people were evacuated in Germany’s Berchtesgaden area after the Ache River swelled. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

Police officers search in the rubble at a bridge over the Ahr River for possible victims of the flood disaster, Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Altenahr, Germany. Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Buildings near the banks are reflected in the evening by floodwaters of the Danube River, which already cover the Promenadenstrasse in Passua, Germany, Sunday, July 18, 2021. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

A woman stands near her rented home in Schuld, Germany, July 18, 2021. Extraordinary floods have killed at least 183 people in Germany and Belgium. (Gordon Welters/The New York Times)

Volunteers help clean a house that was flooded last week by the Ahr River in Heimersheim, Germany, July 18, 2021. Extraordinary floods have killed at least 183 people in Germany and Belgium. (Lena Mucha/The New York Times)

The collapsed Highway 61 heading toward Cologne, Germany, July 18, 2021. Extraordinary floods have killed at least 183 people in Germany and Belgium. (Lena Mucha/The New York Times)

Men help move a car damaged by flooding in Schuld, Germany, July 18, 2021. Extraordinary floods have killed at least 183 people in Germany and Belgium. (Gordon Welters/The New York Times)

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany meets with survivors and volunteers in Schuld, Germany, July 18, 2021, after extraordinary flooding. The recent floods have killed at least 183 people in Germany and Belgium. (Gordon Welters/The New York Times)

A destroyed spa complex and the river Ahr after extreme weather in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, Sunday July 18, 2021. Days of heavy rain in Western Europe turned normally minor rivers and streets into raging torrents this week and caused the disastrous flooding that swept away cars, engulfed homes and trapped residents. (Thomas Frey/dpa via AP)

Two women look out of the entrance of a hotel over the flood barrier keeping back water from the Danube river in Passau, Germany, Sunday July 18, 2021. In Passau, the water levels of the rivers continue to rise. Heavy rains caused mudslides and flooding in the western part of Germany. Multiple have died and are missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging, debris-filled torrents that swept away cars and toppled houses. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

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Caravans, gas tanks, trees and scrap pile up metres high on a bridge over the Ahr in Altenahr, Germany, Monday, July 19, 2021. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged, there are numerous fatalities. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

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