After Floods, German Winemakers Look to Rebuild

Lukas Sermann's family has been making wine in Germany's Ahr wine district for almost 300 years. On July 15, a night of flooding and ferocious storms all but wiped them out.

The rolling landscapes of the Ahr valley were among the worst hit by the disaster which killed at least 180 people. A week on, most of the rescue work is done. Rebuilding businesses and lives is the next challenge - one that is testing the residents of this formerly prosperous corner of Germany to the limits. "Morning is the moment when it all comes rushing back, and you remember everything that has happened in the last few days," said Sermann's partner Katja Pooch.