Emergency services and residents begin search and rescue operations across Europe as flood waters begin to recede.

At least 168 people have died and hundreds more are missing. Homes and businesses were destroyed after record rainfall tore through Belgium and Germany.

Sky's Europe correspondent Michelle Clifford reports from Erftstadt, in Germany.

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