The red areas on the map below show where there has been flooding in recent days. In Germany, the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia have been worst hit. In Belgium ...

Breached flood embankments, dams and evacuated villages; the situation is catastrophic. Floods continue to plague southern Germany. Tobias Kunz has been under constant stress since six o'clock on ...

A massive clean up operation is under way in Germany Germany's government has hit back at criticism over its warning systems after the worst flooding in decades left at least 160 people dead.