Cars and other debris line a river bank after flooding in Drolenvol, Belgium, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Residents in several provinces were cleaning up after severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse. (Photo by Virginia Mayo/AP Photo)





People clean their homes from mud and debris in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Due to strong rainfall, the Ahr river went over its banks and flooded big parts of the town. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A man helps with the cleanup by carrying rubbish and debris after heavy rain and flooding along the Erft in Bad Münstereifel, Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021. On the night of July 15, the Erft floods totally devastated the historic core of the city and flooded streets and shops. Gas, electricity and telephone lines were dangerously exposed. (Photo by Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP Photo)





German soldiers work on a flooded car on a road in Erftstadt, Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





The Kirnitzsch river has washed up wood and debris on a bridge in Bad Schandau, Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Days of heavy rain in Western Europe turned normally minor rivers and streets into raging torrents this week and caused the disastrous flooding that swept away cars, engulfed homes and trapped residents. (Photo by Robert Michael/dpa via AP Photo)





A car is pictured at a cemetary following heavy rainfalls in Dernau, Germany, July 17, 2021. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





German army soldiers work on flooded cars and a truck on a road in Erftstadt, Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Wiel de Bie, 75, stands outside his flooded home in the town of Brommelen, Netherlands, Saturday, July 17, 2021. In the southern Dutch province of Limburg, which also has been hit hard by flooding, troops piled sandbags to strengthen a 1.1-kilometer (0.7 mile) stretch of dike along the Maas River, and police helped evacuate low-lying neighborhoods. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





Police officers walk by a damaged car in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Bad Muenstereifel, Germany, July 18, 2021. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





Caravans, cars and mobile homes that were swept away by the flood wave hang together on a bridge over the River Ahr, in Altenahr, western Germany, Sunday, July 18, 2021. Heavy rains caused mudslides and flooding in the western part of Germany. Multiple have died and are missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging, debris-filled torrents that swept away cars and toppled houses. (Photo by Boris Roessler/dpa via AP Photo)





A statue lies amidst rubble and debris in Marienthal, Rhineland-Palatinate on July 18, 2021. The small village was largely destroyed. (Photo by Boris Roessler/dpa)





Helpers take a rest as they work in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in the center of Bad Muenstereifel, Germany, July 18, 2021. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





A damaged wooden garden house is seen amid a field of wheat following floods caused by heavy rainfalls, in Bad Bodendorf, Germany, July 18, 2021. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A garden dwarf and a barrel lie among the debris following floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, July 18, 2021. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2-L) and Rhineland-Palatinate Premier Malu Dreyer (R) inspect the damage after heavy flooding of the river Ahr caused severe destruction in the village of Schuld, Ahrweiler district, Germany, 18 July 2021. Large parts of western Germany were hit by heavy, continuous rain in the night to 15 July, resulting in local flash floods that destroyed buildings and swept away cars, killing dozens of people, while several were still missing. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/EPA/EFE)





European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, speaks with Madeline Brasseur, 37, Paul Brasseur, 42, and their son Samuel, 12 as she tours the village after flooding in Pepinster, Belgium, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Residents in several provinces were cleaning up after severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse. (Photo by Virginia Mayo/AP Photo)





Armin Laschet, center, Governor of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the top candidate of the German Christian Democrats for the upcoming federal elections, laughs in Erftstadt, Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021 while German President Steinmeier gives a press statement on the floodings in Germany. (Photo by Marius Becker/dpa via AP Photo)