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Merkel calls flooding a catastrophe, promises government help - Reuters
7:47am PDT - July 15th, 2021 angela merkel - ReutersGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel called the deadly flooding in her homeland a catastrophe on Thursday and said she was working with the nation's finance and interior ministers to determine how the government can get help to those that need it.