Severe rainfall affect central Europe, killing at least two people in Germany and Belgium.
In western Germany trees were uprooted, roads flooded and meteorologists predict that the bad weather will continue and in the following days, according to the RES EIA.
A firefighter drowned while trying to help trapped Altona in North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony a man is ignored.
In many areas the water reached a height of even one meter on some roads. Basements were flooded while damage to nursing homes was also reported.
In the Hagen, torrents overflowed and the waters in their passage swept away “piles of rubble” resulting in the blocking of many roads.
Close to Dusseldorf firefighters used boats to rescue three drivers who were trapped inside their cars in a flooded tunnel on a highway.
In alarm status The neighboring states of Saar, Rhineland-Palatinate and Mecklenburg-Pomerania have also been included. Heavy storms, with strong winds and hail, are expected to hit the rest of Germany.
In Belgium, especially in Wallonia, many rivers overflowed and flooded the city of Spa. Hundreds of residents were forced to flee their homes. According to local media, the corpse of a man was located on the river Meuse, near a dam in the community of Profonteville. The circumstances under which this man died remain unclear.
The water level has risen alarmingly in the tributaries of the Meuse.
In Liege, many roads running parallel to the river are closed to traffic. A cultural center undertook to temporarily house the residents of the riparian areas who were forced to leave their homes.
In addition, hundreds of scouts camped in Wallonia, removed from the area, from last night. “We are evacuating the camps one after the other,” said Corinne Millenn, the mayor of Rochefort.
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