Floods caused by heavy rain in southern Germany have claimed at least four lives.
The victims include three people found in flooded basements on Monday. On Sunday a firefighter died while trying to rescue trapped residents.
Thousands of people in the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have fled their homes since torrential rains began on Friday.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who visited affected areas, said the flooding was a reminder of critical environmental challenges.
"We cannot neglect the task of halting man-made climate change," he said on Monday.
In Schorndorf, east of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, the bodies of a man and a woman were found in a basement late on Monday.
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