BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s federal government is ready to provide more emergency aid to support regions hit by floods last week with more than the agreed 200 million euros ($235.46 million) if needed, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday.
Scholz said the government would also contribute to reconstruction costs, adding that a previous flood had cost around 6 billion euros.
At least 170 people died in last week’s flooding, Germany’s worst natural disaster in more than half a century, and thousands were missing. [L8N2OX1RQ]
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(Reporting by Kirsti Knolle; Writing by Riham Alkousaa; Editing by Madeline Chambers)
