Herzog urges 'special effort' to counter global warming as death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 160

'Something is really happening, let's be clear,' says Mark Rutte while visiting an area of the Netherlands that suffered damage

Residents of one small village wander through its ruins looking shell-shocked, scared and exhausted

Around 15,000 members of German emergency services, police and army on the ground in worst-hit areas; in devastated Ahrweiler district, around 1,300 people unaccounted for

Recent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering deadly flash floods that have wrought havoc and destruction

Authorities declare state of emergency, warn that dam could give way as floods sweep away cars and destroy buildings

Project beaming signals to special routers in canyons and other places without cell reception developed in wake of 2018 flash flood that left 10 teenagers dead

BNVCA collects $1,500 for residents of St. Martin de Vesubie; some 300 Jewish families were hidden there in WWII, although most were ultimately killed

Despite clear links between rising heat, water shortages and conflict, Israel still sees global warming as narrow environmental concern, doing little to prepare

Chief engineer of northern city says a concrete canal built by former mayor to replace a section of Ga'aton River was the reason for the extreme inundation