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Germany's
Angela Merkel expressed fears about climate change after the devastation from the
flooding in Europe. Ms Merkel said she was horrified by the
across
of Europe. She visited the hardest-hit areas in Germany and listened to
of the disaster from local
. She said: "It's shocking. I can pretty much say that the German
does not have words to describe the destruction." Ms Merkel said the world had to escalate
to tackle the climate
. She said: "We have to be faster in the
against climate change."
