03:27Locals and clean-up operation workers were seen collecting debris and repairing the damage left by intense flooding in Stolberg on Sunday.
One of the train stations was left in ruins, with train tracks covered in debris. Areas near the river canal were cordoned off with piles of trees and sludge gathering on the side banks. Furniture and other objects floated down the stream.
Store owner Demirtas Suya cleaned out the ruined produce from the shelves and said, "I think we have to renovate everything. Almost everyone here has to renovate. Stolberg has to start from scratch."
Over 180 people died in the flooding in western Germany and Belgium, with more people still missing Sunday morning. At least 143 died in Germany, where the floods are the country's worst natural disaster in over half a century.
Germany: Locals and clean-up operations clear wreckage left by floods in Stolberg
Locals and clean-up operation workers were seen collecting debris and repairing the damage left by intense flooding in Stolberg on Sunday.
One of the train stations was left in ruins, with train tracks covered in debris. Areas near the river canal were cordoned off with piles of trees and sludge gathering on the side banks. Furniture and other objects floated down the stream.
Store owner Demirtas Suya cleaned out the ruined produce from the shelves and said, "I think we have to renovate everything. Almost everyone here has to renovate. Stolberg has to start from scratch."
Over 180 people died in the flooding in western Germany and Belgium, with more people still missing Sunday morning. At least 143 died in Germany, where the floods are the country's worst natural disaster in over half a century.
Locals and clean-up operation workers were seen collecting debris and repairing the damage left by intense flooding in Stolberg on Sunday.
One of the train stations was left in ruins, with train tracks covered in debris. Areas near the river canal were cordoned off with piles of trees and sludge gathering on the side banks. Furniture and other objects floated down the stream.
Store owner Demirtas Suya cleaned out the ruined produce from the shelves and said, "I think we have to renovate everything. Almost everyone here has to renovate. Stolberg has to start from scratch."
Over 180 people died in the flooding in western Germany and Belgium, with more people still missing Sunday morning. At least 143 died in Germany, where the floods are the country's worst natural disaster in over half a century.