Europe’s summer of floods and fire was its hottest on record, report finds

Two brothers embrace Monday, July 19, in entrance of their dad and mom’ residence, which was destroyed by flooding in Altenahr, Germany.

A broken highway buckles after flooding in Euskirchen, Germany.

This aerial picture reveals a bridge collapsed over the Ahr River in Germany’s Ahrweiler district on Sunday.

Injury is seen Sunday in Unhealthy Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.

Properties are broken in Pepinster, Belgium, on Saturday.

A resident stands in floodwaters in Rochefort, Belgium, on Saturday.

Members of the German armed forces seek for flood victims in Erftstadt, Germany, on Saturday.

A resident of Arcen, Netherlands, appears on the rising water of the Meuse River on Saturday.

Water flows over a sq. in entrance of a home in Bischofswiesen, Germany.

A person stands in entrance of a destroyed home in Schuld, Germany.

A water degree gauge reveals rising waters in Arcen, Netherlands, on Saturday. Dutch officers ordered the evacuation of 10,000 folks within the municipality of Venlo, because the Meuse was rising there sooner than anticipated.

This aerial picture reveals flooding in Erftstadt, Germany, on Friday.

A person brushes water and dust out of his flooded home in Ensival, Belgium, on Friday.

Folks gather particles in Unhealthy Muenstereifel, Germany.

The Steinbach dam is seen after flooding close to Euskirchen, Germany.

Firefighters stroll previous a automobile that was broken by flooding in Schuld, Germany.

Folks lay sandbags in Roermond, Netherlands, on Friday.

A girl types by way of clothes at a shelter in Liege, Belgium, on Friday.

A girl walks up the steps of her broken home in Ensival, Belgium.

A person walks by way of a flooded a part of Unhealthy Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on Thursday.

A regional practice sits in floodwaters on the native station in Kordel, Germany.

Folks use rafts to evacuate after the Meuse River broke its banks throughout heavy flooding in Liege, Belgium.

Folks take a look at a railway crossing that was destroyed by the flooding in Priorei, Germany.

Males stroll by broken properties in Schuld, Germany.

A person surveys what stays of his home in Schuld.

Water from the Ahr River flows previous a broken bridge in Schuld.

Evacuees trip a bus in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands.

A automobile floats within the Meuse River throughout heavy flooding in Liege, Belgium, on Thursday.

Folks stroll on a broken highway in Unhealthy Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.

A resident makes use of a bucket to take away water from a home cellar in Hagen, Germany.

A person and lady stand on the stoop of their residence as they take a look at floodwaters in Geulle, Netherlands.

Homes are broken by flooding in Insul, Germany, on Thursday.

A person steps down a ladder in an try to chop his boat unfastened within the Meuse River in Liege, Belgium.

Caravans and campers are partially submerged in Roermond, Netherlands.

A destroyed constructing is seen in a flood-affected space of Schuld, Germany.

Folks stroll over floodwaters in Stansstad, Switzerland.

Vehicles are lined by particles in Hagen, Germany.

A flood-affected space of Schuld, Germany.