Some 114,000 Western German Households Without Power After Floods

Some 114,000 Western German Households Without Power After Floods
A street is flooded following heavy rainfalls in Erftstadt, Germany, on July 16, 2021. Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters
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FRANKFURT—Heavy floods in western Germany had left 114,000 households without power on Friday, said a spokesperson for Westnetz, the country’s biggest power distribution grid company.

The death toll rose to more than 80 on Friday in what is Germany’s worst mass loss of life in years as further flooding was feared in western Germany as a breach at another dam loomed.