Deadly floods hit western Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Germany

Rhine River

Hagen

Essen

State of emergency declared after the Volme River burst its banks

Düsseldorf

Solingen

Cologne

Volme

River

Bad Neuenahr-

Ahrweiler

Euskirchen

Bonn

More than 1,000 rescue missions carried out with many ongoing

Steinbach

reservoir

Schuld

Koblenz

Ahr River

Rhineland-Palatinate

50 km

50 miles

Deadly floods hit western Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Germany

Netherlands

Rhine River

Essen

Hagen

Düsseldorf

State of emergency declared after the Volme River burst its banks

Solingen

Belgium

Volme River

Cologne

Euskirchen

Bonn

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler

More than 1,000 rescue missions carried out with many ongoing

Steinbach reservoir

Schuld

Koblenz

Ahr River

50 km

Rhineland-Palatinate

50 miles