Germans Question Handling of Floods as Hopes of Finding Survivors Fade

Germans Question Handling of Floods as Hopes of Finding Survivors Fade
Debris in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Schuld, Germany, on July 20, 2021. Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters
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BERLIN—A relief official said on July 21 that rescue crews were unlikely to find any more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, and a new poll showed that many Germans felt policymakers had not done enough to protect them.

At least 170 people died in last week’s flooding, Germany’s worst natural disaster in more than half a century, and thousands went missing.