Heavy rains brought devastating flooding to Germany and France this week. Floods left several people dead and thousands trapped in homes or cars, as rivers have broken their banks from Paris to Bavaria. Aftermath of severe flooding in Europe - in this gallery by TASS.
Europe floods: France, Bavaria under water
Floods left several people dead and thousands trapped in homes or cars, as rivers have broken their banks from Paris to Bavaria
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Floods and heavy rain drenched about a quarter of the French territory over several days
© AP Photo/Thibault Camus A fireman pulls a woman and her dog to shore, by a row of houseboats on the river Seine in Paris, France
© AP Photo/Jerome Delay The Seine River has overflowed embankments in Paris
© AP Photo/Markus Schreiber Paris City Hall closed roads along the shore of the Seine from the southwest edge of the city to the neighborhood around the Eiffel Tower as the water level has risen 4.3 meters (14 feet 1 inches) higher than usual
© AP Photo/Markus Schreiber Pont de l'Alma bridge following heavy rainfalls in Paris
© EPA/JEREMY LEMPIN Aftermath of heavy rains in Asnieres, northern suburb of Paris, France
© EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON Flooded street in Souppes Sur Loing, France
© AP Photo/Francois Mori Nemours, France
© AP Photo/Francois Mori Flooded streets and damages in Simbach am Inn, southern Germany
© Tobias Hase/dpa via AP Simbach am Inn, Germany
© AP Photo/Matthias Schrader Triftern, Germany
© Armin Weigel/dpa via AP Simbach am Inn, Germany
© AP Photo/Matthias Schrader