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		</div><p>German prosecutors have launched formal investigations into whether two regional officials failed to properly warn residents ahead of last month’s floods that killed 141 people and injured hundreds more.</p>
<p>Prosecutors in the western city of Koblenz said investigations had confirmed an “initial suspicion” of negligent homicide and negligent bodily harm against the regional administrator in Ahrweiler county.</p>
<p>At least 141 people died and more than 700 were injured in the Ahr valley on the night of July 14-15. Dozens more people died in other parts of western Germany and neighbouring Belgium.</p>
<figure id="attachment_169621" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-169621" style="width: 884px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/D1499F10-D098-49C7-AD57-7C8023A0F3BF.jpeg" alt="" width="884" height="571" class="size-full wp-image-169621" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-169621" class="wp-caption-text">Heavy machinery has been used to sort debris</figcaption></figure>
<p>A second member of the crisis management team, who was in charge of the emergency operation for at least part of the night, is also being investigated, prosecutors said.</p>
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<p>Residents of the flood-hit towns reported receiving little advance warning of the severe flood that occurred on the night, with some claiming that information from authorities was unclear or entirely absent.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, estimates of the disaster’s economic cost continued to rise.</p>
<p>The economy minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Andreas Pinkwart, said the damage in his state alone is expected to run to between 15 billion and 20 billion euros (£13-17bn)</p>
<p>Federal and state officials are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss financial aid for the flood-hit regions.</p>
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