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Watch: Five Dead as Floods Sweep Bavaria

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Mud in Simbach am Inn, Germany, June 2. At least five have died due to flooding across Germany and France. Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images
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At least five people died on Wednesday in flooding across France and Germany, authorities said.

Four people died after a flood hit the German town of Simbach am Inn in Bavaria on Wednesday. Three people had been trapped in a house as the flood swept the town, while a woman was found dead nearby, according to the BBC.

The town was one of the worst hit as torrential rain spread across central Europe. In France, an 86-year-old woman was killed.

This footage from a local newspaper shows the floods in various locations in southeast Bavaria, including Simbach, Triftern and Rottal-Inn.

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