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Merkel voices emotion for flooding victims
By EUobserver
Floods in Germany have killed dozens of people, with the toll likely to grow, as 1,300 others remain missing or cut off, in what German chancellor Angela Merkel called a "catastrophe" while on a visit to the US on Thursday. "My heart goes out to all of those who ... lost their loved ones," she said. Flooding has also wreaked havoc in parts of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.