i'm lara babalola, thanks for your company. it was a catastrophe of epic proportions the flooding that ripped through western germany last summer. no one saw it coming until it was too late. rivers, including the ahr, burst their banks and destroyed virtually everything in their path. dozens of villages were inundated homes and possessions washed away in an instant. more than 130 people died along the ahr river. the sheer amount of rainfall took residents by surprise. experts say the extreme weather event was caused by climate change. and it seems like a combination of the topography and city planning has made the region more vulnerable to rising waters much of the landscape in the ahr valley is still scarred. those living in the community of schuld have a lot work ahead of them. residents are yearning for normality as they face an uncertain future. >> abandoned, since summer 2021. a village on the river ahr a gentle stream that turned into a raging current. >> what do you think, when will this village be rebuilt? >> in ten yea

i'm lara babalola, thanks for your company. it was a catastrophe of epic proportions the flooding that ripped through western germany last summer. no one saw it coming until it was too late. rivers, including the ahr, burst their banks and destroyed virtually everything in their path. dozens of villages were inundated homes and possessions washed away in an instant. more than 130 people died along the ahr river. the sheer amount of rainfall took residents by surprise. experts say the extreme weather event was caused by climate change. and it seems like a combination of the topography and city planning has made the region more vulnerable to rising waters much of the landscape in the ahr valley is still scarred. those living in the community of schuld have a lot work ahead of them. residents are yearning for normality as they face an uncertain future. >> abandoned, since summer 2021. a village on the river ahr a gentle stream that turned into a raging current. >> what do you think, when will this village be rebuilt? >> in ten yea

i'm lara babalola, thanks for your company.tastrophe of epic proportions the flooding that ripped through western germany last summer. no one saw it coming until it was too late. rivers, including the ahr, burst their banks and destroyed virtually everything in their path. dozens of villages were inundated homes and possessions washed away in an instant. more than 130 people died along the ahr river. the sheer amount of rainfall

i'm lara babalola, thanks for your company.strophe of epic proportions the flooding that ripped through western germany last summer. no one saw it coming until it was too late. rivers, including the ahr, burst their banks and destroyed virtually everything in their path. dozens of villages were inundated homes and possessions washed away in an instant. more than 130 people died along the ahr river. the sheer amount of rainfall took residents by surprise. experts say the extreme weather event was caused by climate change. and it seems like a combination of the topography and city planning has made the region more vulnerable to rising waters much of the landscape in the ahr valley is still scarred. those living in the community of schuld have a lot work ahead of them. residents are yearning for normality as they face an uncertain future. >> abandoned, since summer 2021. a village on the river ahr a gentle stream that turned into a raging current. >> what do you think, when will this village be rebuilt? >> in ten years. >> everyth