Germany mounts huge rescue effort after floods leave dozens dead and many more missing

A large-scale rescue effort was underway in Germany Friday after the heaviest rainfall in a century caused flash floods to devastate parts of Western Europe, leaving dozens dead and many more unaccounted for. And the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate announced that the number of flood victims in Germany reached 93, out of a total of 108 in Europe due to floods. 

The local authorities in the province of Arweiler, western Germany, confirmed the loss of about 1.3 thousand people due to floods in the region.