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Death toll from Europe floods tops 150 as water recedes

Another 43 people were confirmed dead in neighbouring North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous. Belgium’s national crisis centre put the confirmed death toll in that country at 24 and said it expects the number to rise

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Soldiers of the German armed forces search for victims. Pic/AFP

Soldiers of the German armed forces search for victims. Pic/AFP

The death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 150 on Saturday as rescue workers toiled to clear up the devastation revealed by receding water and prevent further damage.

Police said that more than 90 people are now known to have died in western Germany’s Ahrweiler county, one of the worst-hit areas, and more casualties are feared. On Friday, authorities gave a death toll of 63 for Rhineland-Palatinate state, where Ahrweiler is located.

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