<p>Heavy floods in western Germany had left 114,000 households without power on Friday, said a spokesperson for Westnetz, the country's biggest power distribution grid company.</p>.<p>The death toll rose to more than 80 on Friday in what is <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/europe-floods-search-for-missing-goes-on-as-toll-tops-90-1009181.html" target="_blank">Germany's worst mass loss of life in years</a> as further flooding was feared in western Germany as a breach at another dam loomed.</p>.<p>"All available employees are on site and are working under high pressure to restore supplies," the Westnetz spokesperson said in response to an enquiry.</p>.<p>The company, part of the E.ON group, operates a grid that spans large parts of the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, but not the cities of Cologne, Wuppertal and Duesseldorf.</p>.<p>It supplies around 7.5 million with power, gas, water and heat.</p>.<p>Days of constant rain in the area have caused river levels to rise sharply and softened the ground, and further flooding is feared.</p>.<p>Entire communities lie in ruins after river water swept through towns and villages.</p>.<p>Westnetz said that power substations and transformers were switched off when flooded.</p>.<p>Some are now hard to reach for testing, cleaning and repair work because many roads are still flooded or damaged.</p>.<p>Some installations which suffered major damage can be temporarily replaced by switching to alternative supply sites, or to emergency generators.</p>.<p>E.ON in a statement said that it would reimburse some of the costs that householders will incur for using electricity-powered drying equipment and water pumps, as part of voluntary relief aid.</p>.<p>Some mobile phone networks have collapsed, rail transport has been disrupted, and shipping on parts of the Rhine, an important trade artery, remains suspended.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Heavy floods in western Germany had left 114,000 households without power on Friday, said a spokesperson for Westnetz, the country's biggest power distribution grid company.</p>.<p>The death toll rose to more than 80 on Friday in what is <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/europe-floods-search-for-missing-goes-on-as-toll-tops-90-1009181.html" target="_blank">Germany's worst mass loss of life in years</a> as further flooding was feared in western Germany as a breach at another dam loomed.</p>.<p>"All available employees are on site and are working under high pressure to restore supplies," the Westnetz spokesperson said in response to an enquiry.</p>.<p>The company, part of the E.ON group, operates a grid that spans large parts of the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, but not the cities of Cologne, Wuppertal and Duesseldorf.</p>.<p>It supplies around 7.5 million with power, gas, water and heat.</p>.<p>Days of constant rain in the area have caused river levels to rise sharply and softened the ground, and further flooding is feared.</p>.<p>Entire communities lie in ruins after river water swept through towns and villages.</p>.<p>Westnetz said that power substations and transformers were switched off when flooded.</p>.<p>Some are now hard to reach for testing, cleaning and repair work because many roads are still flooded or damaged.</p>.<p>Some installations which suffered major damage can be temporarily replaced by switching to alternative supply sites, or to emergency generators.</p>.<p>E.ON in a statement said that it would reimburse some of the costs that householders will incur for using electricity-powered drying equipment and water pumps, as part of voluntary relief aid.</p>.<p>Some mobile phone networks have collapsed, rail transport has been disrupted, and shipping on parts of the Rhine, an important trade artery, remains suspended.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>