FRANKFURT—The record floods that have devastated parts of Germany and killed at least 170 in the country are estimated to have caused more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in insured losses, actuary company MSK said on Tuesday. The floods, which started last week Wednesday, turned roads into rivers, swept away vehicles, and buried swathes of land under thick in several regions in Germany, most notably the states…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised fast financial aid on Sunday after visiting one of the areas worst affected by record floods that have killed at least 157 people in the country over past days. “We are by your side,” Merkel told residents of the small town Adenau in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, calling the…

BERLIN—Four people are dead and more than thirty missing following flooding in western Germany that caused half a dozen houses to collapse, police said on Thursday. The deaths were reported in the Ahrweiler district, which is a wine-growing region on the Ahr river that flows into the Rhine. By Riham Alkousaa

BERLIN—At least six people have died and several people are missing in Germany after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing some buildings to collapse. Police in the western city of Koblenz said in a tweet Thursday that four people had died in Ahrweiler county, and about 50…