- A dramatic video shows the moment an elderly woman was rescued from a flooded home in Belgium.
- The woman’s neighbor smashed a wall with a sledgehammer and pulled her to safety.
- Belgium and Germany were hit by historic floods, killing more than 150 people.
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A dramatic video Shows the moment when the neighbor broke the wall with a sledgehammer to rescue an old woman from her Flooded home In Verviers, Belgium on Thursday.
As the floods began to rise, the unidentified woman was trapped in her apartment on the first floor. The video showed a man punched a hole in the wall with a sledgehammer and then pulled her to safety.
Another man stepped forward to help, helping the woman through the waist-high brown water stream and walking towards the stairs.
After being rescued, the woman was taken to the bed on the upper floor to rest. Now this report.
Watch the full video below:
This week, Belgium and Germany were Devastating flash flood This has caused more than 150 deaths.
Houses collapsed, Germany was the worst hit The streets become rivers, and people Trapped on their roof Had to be rescued by helicopter.
Nearly 900 military personnel have joined the ranks of German rescuers, and about 1,300 people are still reported missing. The Guardian reports.
In Belgium, the death toll has risen to 23, According to the Associated Press. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Crowe said in a statement tweet He mobilized emergency services in the country.
Over the weekend, heavy rains continued to hit parts of France, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
