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AP PHOTOS: Scars remain in German region year after floods

FILE - A bridge and houses are destroyed at the Ahr river in Schuld, Germany, on July 16, 2021. Due to heavy rain falls the Ahr river dramatically went over the banks the evening before. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - A man stands in front of destroyed houses close to the Ahr river in Schuld, Germany, July 15, 2021. Due to heavy rain falls the Ahr river dramatically went over the banks the evening before. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - Debris from a flood lies around destroyed houses close to the Ahr river in Schuld, Germany, July 15, 2021. Due to heavy rain falls the Ahr river dramatically went over the banks the evening before. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - Debris of a flood lies between destroyed houses near the Ahr river in Schuld, Germany, July 15, 2021. Due to heavy rain falls the Ahr river dramatically went over the banks the evening before. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) The remains of a bridge, destroyed by last year's flood, stands at the small Ahr river in the village of Laach in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A flood damaged bridge stands at the Ahr river in the village of Rech in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021 causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A flood damaged bridge stands at the Ahr river in the village of Rech in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021 causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A worker walks by a flood damaged house that is now torn down in the village of Ahrbrueck in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A flood damaged bicycle path goes through a tunnel near the village of Laach in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) FILE - Cars are visible in a flood-covered road in Erftstadt, Germany, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Due to strong rain falls the small Erft river went over the banks causing massive damages. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) A house damaged by last year's flood still visible in the village of Ahrbrueck in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Rails damaged by last year's flood lie next to an empty track bed in Kreuzberg in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A cross sits at a makeshift memorial honoring a 2021 flood victim in the village of Mayschoss in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Floods caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Debris from last year's flood still hangs at a destroyed house in the village of Mayschoss in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Debris from last year's flood sits in front of a destroyed house in the village of Schuld in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Floods caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021 causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) The letters "Jesus" are written with mud at a damaged house in the village of Ahrweiler in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A damaged clock from last year's floods hangs on a wall in the village of Schuld in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021 causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A worker walks by a home damaged from last year's floods, that is now torn down in the village of Ahrbrueck in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021 causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Debris from last year's floods lie on a destroyed railway line in the village of Dernau in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 6, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A damaged bridge stands at the Ahr river in the village of Rech in the Ahrtal valley, Germany, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Flooding caused by heavy rain hit the region on July 14, 2021, causing the death of about 130 people. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)