Photo shows the scene in Liege, Belgium after heavy rainfall on July 15.
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Flooding in Western Europe Leaves Trail of Destruction as Hundreds Still Missing
The number of confirmed deaths has hit triple digits with hundreds still missing as rescue workers continue the search following deadly floods in Western Europe. Historic rainfall in Eastern Belgium, the Netherlands, and Western Germany set the stage for the disaster. Here are images of the destruction, including crumbling infrastructure, and those trying to pick up the pieces of their broken communities.
More than 21,000 people were left without electricity in one region of Belgium.
Aerial view shows an area completely destroyed by the floods in the Blessem district of Erftstadt, Western Germany, on July 16.
Aerial video grab view taken on July 15, 2021 shows flooded properties, houses and landscapes after heavy rainfall and floods.
A van crushed by the torrents is pressed against a tree after the floods caused major damage in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Western Germany, on July 16.
A car damaged by the floods stands in a street in the town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Western Germany, on July 15, 2021.
Debris lies in a street after the floods caused major damage in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr, Western Germany, on July 15.
A man walks past a car immersed in debris after floods caused major damage in Hagen, Western Germany, on July 15.
Aerial view shows an area completely destroyed by the floods in the Blessem district of Erftstadt, Western Germany, on July 16.
An area completely destroyed by the flood is pictured in the Blessem district of Erftstadt, Western Germany, on July 16.
A man crosses a bridge over the Volme River near debris caused by flooding on July 16 in Hagen, Germany.
A local resident exits his house facing the destroyed and flooded road in Trooz, near Liege, on July 16.
An aerial view taken on July 16 shows the destruction in the pedestrian area of Bad Muenstereifel, Western Germany.
Workers stand near a derailed carriage belonging to the Belgium train service, the day after heavy rains and floods near the town of Rochefort on July 16.
A woman looks at cars and rubble piled up in a street after the floods caused major damage in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Western Germany.
An excavator loads a container to remove the enormous piles of rubbish after the flood disaster in Opladen, Germany.
The Ahr Valley Bridge near Sinzig, Germany collapsed as a result of the high water.
Garbage, flotsam and rubbish lie on the banks of the Ahr.
The village street in Mayschoß was razed by the flood.
The village street in Mayschoß was swept away by the flood wave (aerial photograph taken with a drone).
Destruction in the center of Mayschoß.
Jutta and Ulrich Schelleckes and their dog Urmel survey the damage to their apartment in Bad Neuenahr, Germany.
Aerial view along the Maas River on July 16th in Limburg, Netherlands.
Houses pictured on a flooded street on July 16.
A man holds a box inside a flooded house on July 16 in Geulle, Netherlands.
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