Weather can be something very strange. While West and East Flanders remained dry (and at some places there was even sunshine), torrential rains came down on the Ardennes and the provinces of Limburg and Brabant. It caused the rivers and brooks to break out of their boundaries and led to the biggest inundations we've ever experienced in Belgium.
Some villages are practically destroyed and their inhabitants had to be rescued. Of course there are some deaths already, and more people missing because of the heavy current of the water.
Today is still a critical day for the situation in the east, but as of tomorrow it should stop raining and the sun would begin to shine.
Most firebrigades in Flanders have sent men and material to go and help out. More will be needed when everything dries and the real damage will be visable. The costs will certainly go up into the millions.
All this because of the warming of the Earth. Haven't experienced this in all of my life!
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