Body of fifth victim recovered from submerged car after flooding in Germany

The Rhine left its banks after heavy rainfall in Germany (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A woman’s body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, police said, bringing the confirmed death toll in flooding across Germany to five.

Persistent heavy rain led to widespread flooding over the weekend. While the situation has now eased in south-western Germany, water levels remained high in parts of Bavaria, particularly on the Danube and in the Rosenheim area in the south-east. Some major railway lines, including several leading to Munich, were still blocked or disrupted.