I was thinking of you when I watched the flood in the media. I see that my fears were justified (((( Considering this, I agree that you couldn't fully enjoy the event. I am so sorry and I wish I could help somehow... I know this awful feeling as my mom's house was flooded twice in my memory, and what you see when the water is gone is devastating. We were never able to fix the consequences, and my mother sold the house last year.
Hold on there, guys.
!HUG
You are right, many of the houses that got flooded cannot be fixed, they will have to be demolished and built again, probably at some other, safer places. There were devastating floods in 1997 in the same very region so just like your mom, many people here got flooded again, even though they shouldn´t as various anti-flood measures have been taken since then. But like always, Mother Nature had the upper hand again, sending an extremely massive flood wave that exceeded even the most pessimist scenarios and calculations. That´s why the consequences are so tragic. I´m sorry that your family has experience with this kind of disasters as well :(