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Europe reels from worst floods in years as death toll rises

Devastating floods have torn through entire villages and killed at least 128 people in Europe, most of them in western Germany where stunned emergency services were still combing the wreckage on July 16. 

Unsuspecting residents were caught completely off guard by the torrent dubbed the "flood of death" by German newspaper Bild.