German Chancellor Merkel promises quick financial aid as flood toll rises to 188 in Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised swift financial aid to the victims of the floods that have devastated the nation. At present, at least 188 people across Europe have lost their lives in the natural disaster.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the flooding that has devastated parts of Europe as "terrifying" on Sunday after the death toll across the region rose to 188 and a district of Bavaria was battered by the extreme weather. Merkel promised swift financial aid after visiting one of the areas worst affected by the record rainfall and floods that have killed at least 157 in Germany alone in recent days, in the country's worst natural disaster in almost six decades.