French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to travel to the region tomorrow with his wife. The Elysee stated that the Head of State will express with her “his support and that of the entire nation for the population affected by successive periods of floods, as well as for all mobilized emergency forces.”
Rain will continue in France until Thursday. The weather is expected to be better starting Friday.
According to hydraulic engineer Patrick Willems of the Catholic University of Leuven, extreme water levels like those in Belgium have been measured more often in recent years. In the Flemish newspaper Standard The hydraulic engineer predicts they will become more common due to climate change.
As in the Netherlands, there are also calls in Belgium to give water more space across flood zones. Such calls gained urgency after major floods in 2021, when, among other things, the Vesder River burst its banks in Wallonia. 39 people were killed, thousands were displaced and entire municipalities were reduced to chaos.
