BERLIN (AP) — Rescue workers are laboring to clear up damage laid bare by receding water as the death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 150. 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. Another 43 people were confirmed dead in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia state. Belgium’s national crisis center put the country’s confirmed death toll at 24 and said it expects the number to rise. Meanwhile, thoughts turned Saturday to the lengthy job of rebuilding communities that were devastated in minutes by the flooding on Wednesday and Thursday.
Europe flood death toll tops 150, costly rebuilding ahead
