Germany Flooding Map, Update As Death Toll Soars Amid Heaviest Rainfall in a Century Published Jul 16, 2021 at 5:53 AM EDT By James Crump Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member ...

Of that number, 123 have been confirmed in the worst-affected Rhineland-Palatinate state, where houses had been swept away and debris had been left piling up in the streets.

Natural disasters like floods and fires destroy homes and displace people around the world each year, including in Germany.

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.