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Heavy rains across parts of Europe this week have caused rivers to overflow and flash floods to inundate small towns in Germany and France.

In southern Germany, at least five people are reported to have been killed in several towns hit by flash floods. The floodwaters surged quickly, smashing houses and cars, piling up debris, and forcing some to seek refuge on rooftops.

Weather forecasters are warning of more  heavy rainfall over the next few days.

Twisted wood lies piled against a house following heavy floods the day before, on June 2, 2016, in Simbach am Inn, Germany.

A man stands among boulders, smashed trees and cars, and other debris that covers a street in the village center following a furious flash flood the night before on May 30, 2016, in Braunsbach, Germany.

Rubble piled up by floods in the Bavarian village of Simbach am Inn on June 1, 2016.

A smashed car sits in a meadow of flattened grass following heavy floods the day before, on June 2, 2016, in Triftern, Germany.

A flooded area in Simbach am Inn, Germany, on June 2, 2016.

A man cleans mud from his house in Simbach am Inn on June 2, 2016.

A dirt-covered passage at the local train station, after the floods in the town of Schwaebisch Gmuend near Stuttgart, Germany, on May 30, 2016.

A woman removes mud from a house after the floods in the town of Braunsbach, Germany, on May 30, 2016.

A child's toy and bits of smashed trees lie wedged into a window following a furious flash flood the night before, on May 30, 2016, in Braunsbach.

A man speaks on the phone as water runs through his garden in the flooded Bavarian village of Triftern, east of Munich, Germany, on June 1, 2016.

Debris covers a road after flooding in the town of Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, on May 30, 2016.

An inhabitant cleans a street after heavy rains hit Simbach on June 2, 2016.

Cars lie amongst debris in the town of Braunsbach on May 30, 2016.

A woman takes pictures of a washed-out road near Simbach am Inn on June 2, 2016, the day after heavy rains.

A man looks at the damage caused by the floods in the town of Braunsbach on May 30, 2016.

A woman reacts as she looks at the damage in Braunsbach on May 30, 2016.

A playground and a pool flooded by mud and water after the small town was hit by flooding, in Simbach am Inn on June 2, 2016.

People inspect the damage caused by the floods in Braunsbach on May 30, 2016.

A car is squeezed between houses after the small town was hit by flooding in Simbach am Inn on June 2, 2016.