Cleanup operations still underway in Germany and neighboring countries following disaster that has claimed nearly 200 lives in Western Europe

In Germany, at least 157 people have died in nation's worst flooding in living memory; at least 27 people have lost their lives in neighboring Belgium and dozens remain missing

Belgian resident says flood came 'like a tsunami'; pizzeria owner in Germany bemoans 'catastrophic' damage; Dutch man loses collection of old magazines, radio bulletins

Germany to set up special aid fund as national fatalities reach 156; worst storms in living memory draw attention to climate change policy ahead of elections

Normally scenic Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is one of the worst hit towns in massive flooding that killed at least 140 people in country's west

Scientists can’t yet say for sure whether climate change caused the deadly flooding, but insist that it certainly exacerbates the extreme weather

Hundreds still missing in Germany, Belgium as rescuers work to find survivors; threat not yet over, with swollen Meuse river looking 'very dangerous' for nearby town

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