Flooding Across Parts of Europe After Heavy Rainfall

Flooding Across Parts of Europe After Heavy Rainfall
A woman walks past fire trucks at a flooded street with an umbrella Duesseldorf, Germany, on July 14, 2021. David Young/dpa via AP
The Associated Press
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BERLIN—Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, with one man missing after being swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany.

Firefighters resumed their search for the man in Joehstadt, in Saxony state, on Wednesday morning. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising waters when he disappeared.