This is flooded Germany.

If one looks at the devastated places in Germany where waters destroyed so much and follow the water into Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg; the breadth of the destruction can be appreciated. This is a huge land area where many people lived.

July 16, 2021
By Alissa Higham

Record amounts of rainfall (click here) in Western Europe has caused widespread devastation and death, with at least 80 people confirmed dead and hundreds more left unaccounted for. Germany has been the worst affected, but flooding has also caused many in the Netherlands to flee their homes.

Residents of towns and villages along the Meuse river in the province of Limburg were urgently advised to seek refuge until at least Friday.

Water levels on the Meuse and Rur rivers reached record levels on Thursday, prompting panic among locals and authorities following the devastation that has taken place in Germany over the course of this week.

In Germany, the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia are the worst hit.

Unusually heavy rains from a slow-moving low pressure system have inundated Western Europe, causing rivers to burst their banks and flooding streets in cities, towns and villages, while power was knocked out for hundreds of thousands of households....

The devastation to Germany's infrastructure is catastrophic.

The land is missing.