More than fifty people have died and thousands of others have been displaced by extensive flooding in parts of western Germany and Belgium.
In Germany – the most severely affected country – dozens of people are still missing.
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has called it a catastrophe, linking the events to climate change.
Ros Atkins looks at how the events unfolded and the impact across Europe.
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