Angela Merkel says Germany must do more to fight climate crisis

Chancellor surveys flood damage and meets survivors as German death toll passes 150 with dozens missing

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany must up its pace in tackling the impact of the climate crisis, after more flash floods devastated towns in eastern Germany, Bavaria and Austria over the weekend.

While one flood in itself was not an indicator of the climate crisis, Merkel said during a visit to one of the two regions in western Germany hardest hit by last week's record rainfall, the number of such extreme weather events had increased in recent years.