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TOPSHOT - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and CDU's candidate for Chancellery address a press conference after visiting the flood-ravaged spa town Bad Munstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia state, western Germany, on July 20, 2021. - The German government on July 19, 2021 pledged to improve the country's under-fire warning systems as emergency services continued to search for victims of the worst flooding in living memory, with at least 165 people confirmed dead. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE / POOL / AFP) (KEYSTONE/POOL/CHRISTOF STACHE)