连日暴雨引发欧洲多地洪灾 遇难人数已超过150人
近日来，欧洲多地持续暴雨引发洪涝灾害，包括德国、比利时、荷兰和卢森堡在内的多个国家受灾。洪水冲毁大量房屋和道路，造成通信中断。综合多国媒体报道，截至16日已有百余人在洪灾中遇难。
在受灾最严重的德国西部，截至当地时间17日，洪灾已造成至少135人死亡。当地警方表示，目前仍有多人下落不明，伤亡人数恐将继续增加。德国国防部16日宣布启动军事灾难警报，目前已有超过850名士兵投入救援工作。在与德国相邻的卢森堡、比利时、荷兰，也有部分地区受到洪灾影响。
欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩15日通过社交媒体发文，向在暴雨和洪灾中的遇难者家属以及受灾者表达慰问，并表示欧盟随时准备提供帮助，例如启动欧盟民事保护机制等。
Devastating flash floods due to intense rainfall have swept through several western European countries in the past few days, killing more than 150 and causing widespread damage.
The death toll climbed to 135 and more fatalities are feared in Germany, local media reported on Saturday, adding at least 21 lives were lost in Belgium.
Other countries including the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland are also affected with hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Friday said some Western European countries received up to two months' worth of rainfall in two days.
German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, which are badly hit, reported at least 43 and 90 deaths, respectively.
In the district of Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, up to 1,300 people are reported to be unaccounted for and around 3,500 are being treated in care facilities.
In Belgium, Prime Minister Alexander De Crooa declared July 20 a national day of mourning for the victims.
"We are still waiting for the final toll, but this could be the most catastrophic flooding our country has ever seen," he said.
At least 20 people are reported missing now in Belgium.
The devastation of the floods, attributed by meteorologists to a climate change-driven shift in the jet stream, has brought inland water that once stayed at sea.