20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: A splintered tree trunk got stuck on a bridge. Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The village street in Mayscho? was swept away by the flood. Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Julia Cebella/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: A fireman walks in front of completely destroyed houses in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: A fireman stands in front of a completely destroyed house in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Destruction in the centre of Mayscho?. The flood wave pushed whole trees into the interior of an inn on the banks of the Ahr. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Destruction in the centre of Mayscho?. Helpers try to build a temporary road with an excavator. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Destruction in the centre of Mayscho?. Dozens of electrical appliances rendered useless by the flood lie on the banks of the Ahr. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The interior of a shop in Mayscho? is completely devastated. Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Julia Cebella/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Tens of thousands of wine bottles destroyed by the flood lie in the warehouse of a winery in Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the town were severely affected by the flood wave or were completely swept away. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Firefighters stand in front of completely destroyed houses in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: A fireman walks along a plank leading over a ditch in front of completely destroyed houses in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: A fireman stands in front of a completely destroyed house in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: A Bundeswehr soldier takes a look at the destruction in the centre of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: An emergency chaplain takes a look at the destruction in the centre of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: An employee of the German Red Cross looks at the destruction in Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected by the flood wave or were completely swept away. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The flood wave washed the inventory of this inn through the windows to the outside. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The fa?ade of this house in Mayscho? was partially swept away by the flood. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Julia Cebella/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: This altar of the Virgin Mary in the centre of Mayscho? was severely damaged by the flood wave. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Tens of thousands of wine bottles destroyed by the flood lie in the warehouse of a winery in Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the town were severely affected by the flood wave or were completely swept away. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: A car was swept away by the flood wave and is stuck in the embankment of the Ahr. Numerous houses in the town were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Firefighters stand in front of completely destroyed houses in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The village street in Mayscho? swept away by the flood wave (aerial photograph taken with a drone). Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The village street in Mayscho? swept away by the flood wave (aerial photograph taken with a drone). Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Garbage, flotsam and rubbish lie on the banks of the Ahr. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Julia Cebella/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The fa?ade of this house in Mayscho? was swept away by the flood. Numerous houses in the town were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Julia Cebella/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Firefighters stand in front of completely destroyed houses in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Firefighters stand in front of completely destroyed houses in the village of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: Destruction in the centre of Mayscho?. Numerous houses in the village were badly affected or completely swept away by the flood wave. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The village street in Mayscho? swept away by the flood wave (aerial photograph taken with a drone). Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa
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20 July 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mayscho?: The village street in Mayscho? swept away by the flood wave (aerial photograph taken with a drone). Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa