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Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 19 people in the western German district of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and more than 40 others in the rest of the country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

People clear their shops and restaurants of the mess caused by devastating floods in Belgium's Grez-Doiceau (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In Ahrweiler, a town in western Germany devastated by floods, residents are clearing out their homes and discovering the extent of the disaster (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Hard hit by floods that have caused at least 100 deaths in Germany, residents of the town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler are beginning to clear water and mud from their homes (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Newsy reports from Western Germany, where devastating flooding has killed almost 200 people and left many missing.

AFPTV looks back at climate disasters in 2021. Fires, floods, drought, climate change protests, pollution... A selection of the year's highlights (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, residents are still waiting for the return of normal life a year after the town was devastated by a deadly flash flood (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In the Ahr valley, mud-smeared bottles rescued from flooded cellars represent hope for a new beginning after the deadly catastrophe that hit Germany three weeks ago (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

It is the beginning of a return to normality almost four months after the devastating floods in western Germany as the railroad company Deutsche Bahn reopens part of the Ahrtalbahn line, which was destroyed in the disaster (Footage by...

File footage of the massive floods that ravaged several cities in western Germany in July 2021, killing hundreds of people and causing extensive damage (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)