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Deadly floods in Germany

  • <p>A policewoman stands near a car smashed against a building on May 30, 2016, following a ferocious flash flood the night before in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) </p>
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    A policewoman stands near a car smashed against a building on May 30, 2016, following a ferocious flash flood the night before in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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    A child’s toy and bits of smashed trees are wedged into a window in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016, after a flash flood hit the town. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

  • <p>Two men throw ruined household items from a window on May 30, 2016, next to cars smashed by a flood the night before in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) </p>
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    Two men throw ruined household items from a window on May 30, 2016, next to cars smashed by a flood the night before in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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  • <p>The interior of a car is covered in mud from floods in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
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    The interior of a car is covered in mud from floods in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

  • <p>People begin cleanup efforts by hauling ruined household items from a business on May 30, 2016, following a furious flash flood in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) </p>
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    People begin cleanup efforts by hauling ruined household items from a business on May 30, 2016, following a furious flash flood in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

  • <p>A car that was tossed on its side by floods in Braunsbach, Germany, is shown on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
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    A car that was tossed on its side by floods in Braunsbach, Germany, is shown on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

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  • <p>A woman reacts as she looks at the damage on May 30, 2016, that was caused by flooding in Braunsbach, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
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    A woman reacts as she looks at the damage on May 30, 2016, that was caused by flooding in Braunsbach, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

  • <p>A ruined restaurant is pictured on May 30, 2016, after floods tore through Braunsbach, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
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    A ruined restaurant is pictured on May 30, 2016, after floods tore through Braunsbach, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

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    A man in Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, looks at damage on May 30, 2016, that was caused by flooding. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

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  • <p>Cars lie among debris on May 30, 2016, after flooding in Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
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    Cars lie among debris on May 30, 2016, after flooding in Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

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    A man looks at the damage on May 30, 2016, that was caused by floods in Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

  • <p>A graveyard is flooded in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
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    A graveyard is flooded in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

<p>A policewoman stands near a car smashed against a building on May 30, 2016, following a ferocious flash flood the night before in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) </p>
<p>A child’s toy and bits of smashed trees are wedged into a window in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016, after a flash flood hit the town. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) </p>
<p>Two men throw ruined household items from a window on May 30, 2016, next to cars smashed by a flood the night before in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) </p>
<p>The interior of a car is covered in mud from floods in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
<p>People begin cleanup efforts by hauling ruined household items from a business on May 30, 2016, following a furious flash flood in Braunsbach, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) </p>
<p>A car that was tossed on its side by floods in Braunsbach, Germany, is shown on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
<p>A woman reacts as she looks at the damage on May 30, 2016, that was caused by flooding in Braunsbach, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
<p>A ruined restaurant is pictured on May 30, 2016, after floods tore through Braunsbach, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
<p>A man in Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, looks at damage on May 30, 2016, that was caused by flooding. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
<p>Cars lie among debris on May 30, 2016, after flooding in Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
<p>A man looks at the damage on May 30, 2016, that was caused by floods in Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
<p>A graveyard is flooded in Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters) </p>
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Three people have been killed in floods in the southwestern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, and a young girl was killed by a train as she took shelter from the rain under a railway bridge.

A man who was around 60 died in an underground parking garage that filled with water before he was able to escape, said Carsten Dehner, a spokesman at Baden-Wuerttemberg’s interior ministry.

In the town of Schwaebisch Gmuend, a fireman died as he tried to rescue another person, who then also died, Dehner said.

Elsewhere in Baden-Wuerttemberg, police said a 13-year-old girl who was probably seeking shelter under a railway bridge was hit and killed by an intercity train.

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