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Germany's
has expressed her fears about climate change after visiting the
caused by the severe flooding in Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was horrified by the destruction across
of her country. She visited some of the hardest-
areas in Germany and listened to
of the disaster from local residents. She told reporters: "It's
. I can pretty
say that the German
does not have words to describe the destruction that has been wreaked." Ms Merkel said the world had to escalate its
to tackle the climate crisis. She said: "We must hurry. We have to be faster in the
against climate change."
