BERLIN (AP) — The death toll from floods throughout a big part of southern Germany increased to 6 on Wednesday as cops recuperated the body of a lady missing out on given that the weekend from a canal in Bavaria.
The 79-year-old stopped working to return home after being seen on a bike in Jettingen-Scheppach, near the city of Augsburg, on Sunday. A regional homeowner identified her body in a canal on Wednesday, cops stated.
Relentless heavy rain resulted in extensive flooding over the weekend. While the circumstance has actually now alleviated in southwestern Germany, water levels are just slowly starting to decline along the Danube in eastern Bavaria.
The bodies of 4 individuals who passed away in the floods were discovered Sunday and Monday, 3 of them in flooded basements. Cops reported a 5th victim, a chauffeur whose body was recuperated from an immersed vehicle, on Tuesday.
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