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Flooding in Germany inundates roads, villages
The Daily Caller - 3 days ago
BERLIN (AP) — Rivers in western Germany are overflowing their banks due to pouring rain and melting snow, Flooding many roads and parts of several villages. Authorities in Rhineland-Palatinate, the worst-hit state, said Sunday the wine towns…
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