Central Europe braces for further flooding 'apocalypse' as death toll rises:

It happened so quickly and so fast. … I've been doing this for 35 years. I've seen major floods here in the city and the county. I've never seen anything like this.— Lou Vargo, Ohio County's emergency management director, said at a news conference Sunday.

People need to change their mentality about throwing rubbish or anything else into the river.

— Syaiful Azmen Nordin, managing director of Landasan Lumayan, said at a press conference after a site visit to the river stretch in Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam.

Until then, entries are suspended.

— The Interior Ministry in response to a request from the Green Party faction in the Bundestag.

Immigrants are not a threat to our communities; they are the backbone of them.

— Nan Wu, the council’s director of research, highlighting the importance of immigrants in the U.S. economy.

What the region needs is to build a relationship geared toward optimizing water management.

— Vera Corbelli, secretary general of the Southern Apennine District Basin Authority, advocating for a paradigm shift in water management.

I'm very tired of being a nuisance in my own city. The solution is to propose a radical decrease in the number of tourists in Barcelona and bet on another economic model that brings prosperity to the city.— Eva Vilaseca, a protester in Barcelona, spoke during the demonstrations against mass tourism.

Authorities’ warnings fill us with fear and obviously make us remember everything we’ve already been through.— Carlos Ozuna Romero, a restaurant owner in Acapulco, speaks about the fear of Hurricane Erick and memories of Hurricane Otis.

Cancer sucks in any form, but I'm holding on to the word 'early'.— Jessie J speaks in a video message about her early breast cancer diagnosis.