Germany's Merkel pledges fast help in 'terrifying' record floods
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer hold a news conference in the flood-ravaged village of Schuld, near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany, July 18, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised fast financial aid on Sunday after visiting one of the areas worst affected by record floods that have killed at least 157 people in the country over past days.
"We are by your side," Merkel told residents of the small town Adenau in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, calling the situation there "terrifying".
She added that a short-term relief programme would be launched by the government on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer talk to a resident during their visit in the flood-ravaged village of Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany, July 18, 2021. Christof Stache/Pool via REUTERS
(Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer talk to residents standing amid debris during their visit in the flood-ravaged village of Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany, July 18, 2021. Christof Stache/Pool via REUTERSGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer walk through the flood-ravaged village of Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany, July 18, 2021. Christof Stache/Pool via REUTERSGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer speak to people as they stand on a bridge during their visit in the flood-ravaged areas, in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany, July 18, 2021. Christof Stache/Pool via REUTERS
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