German railway: Floods caused billion-euro damage to network

A regional train sits in flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

Germany’s national railway operator has estimated that last week’s flooding caused damage worth 1.3 billion euros (£1.1 billion) to its network, offering another glimpse of the extent of the devastation.

Authorities are still working to determine the overall cost of the floods that did their worst damage in western Germany and eastern Belgium.