Germany The Baden-Württemberg village of
Braunsbach was most heavily affected by the floods . After flash floods on 29 May 2016, small tributaries of the river
Kocher flooded the streets of the village within minutes, and the roadways were buried under rocks, trees and car wrecks. While no one was killed in Braunsbach, four people died in Baden-Württemberg alone, three of them in the floods, and a fourth victim, a 13-year-old girl, was killed while seeking shelter from the rain under a railway bridge in
Schorndorf, near
Stuttgart. Among the dead were a 21-year-old man and a 38-year-old firefighter, who wanted to help the young man and died along with him in a flooded underpass in
Schwäbisch Gmünd, engulfed in an open sewer. At least seven people were killed in Bavaria, where districts established "disaster areas". The towns of
Triftern and
Simbach on the river
Inn faced severe flooding. Three women were found dead in the basement of a flooded house in Simbach, and a drowned woman was found hanging over a tree trunk near the village of
Julbach, after her house collapsed. On 2 June, it was confirmed that a fifth and a sixth person died in Bavaria: two men, aged 75 and 65, were found dead in Simbach. In addition, four people were reported missing. A seventh victim, a 72-year-old man, died in hospital after being rescued from the floods. On 3 and 4 June, heavy storms were reported in
Southern Germany again. Music festivals
Rock am Ring and
Rock im Park faced serious security concerns and heavy rainfalls. 81 people were injured at
Rock am Ring festival, 15 of them seriously, after lightning struck the crowd on the evening of 3 June. Two people had to be resuscitated by paramedics; however, none were in a life-threatening condition. Hundreds left the festival on 4 June, and it was temporarily interrupted for hours after thunderstorms were predicted, but continued in the evening. The festival did not continue on 5 June, because the authorities denied approval. The 90.000 visitors had to leave. On 4 June there were floods in the region around
Bonn on tributaries of the river
Rhine. In
Polling in
Upper Bavaria a "disaster situation" was reported by the authorities, in
Lower Bavaria there were more than 140 rescue operations.
France In France, the river
Seine burst its banks and one town was evacuated. Four people died in the floods. Some areas reported the worst flooding seen in a century. In Brittany and Corsica, however, a drought was experienced throughout May.
Belgium Flooding in several regions of
Belgium occurred in the wake of four days of torrential rain. The flooding claimed at least three lives throughout the country. A 60-year-old man died between
Harsin and
Hargimont after being swept away by a river in an ill-fated attempt to move his beehives. The heavy rainfall took the life of an 83-year-old man in the
Walloon municipality of
Momignies.
Romania On Friday, June 3, authorities said that two people have died and 200 people have been evacuated from their homes as floods swept parts of eastern
Romania. The interior ministry said 7,000 firefighters, police and others had been dispatched overnight Friday to help in flood rescue efforts. The ministry said in a statement that a man died after a torrent of water knocked him off his bicycle in the eastern village of
Ruginești. In
Bacău county, in eastern Romania, another man was found drowned. ==Casualties==