Chancellor surveys flood damage and meets survivors as German death toll passes 150 with dozens missing
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany must up its pace in tackling the impact of climate change, after more flash floods devastated towns in eastern Germany, Bavaria and Austria over the weekend.
While one flood in itself was not an indicator of climate change, Merkel said during a visit to one of the two regions in western Germany hardest hit by last week’s record rainfall, the number of such extreme weather events had increased in recent years.
