More than 100 dead, as many as 1,500 missing after floods hit Europe #Flooding #Germany #Belgium #Luxembourg #Netherlands #SkyNews #NBC

At least 50 people were killed in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate alone, officials said, while 43 were killed in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia.

As many as 1,500 people in the country were also still assumed to be missing, with hundreds of soldiers deployed to aid the rescue effort.

"Storms also caused deadly flooding in neighboring Belgium, with local media reporting at least 12 deaths as of Friday morning. Luxembourg and the Netherlands were also hit by heavy rains." Read more.