- When heavy rain hit Liège Province on Thursday, cars drifted across a street in Verviers in eastern Belgium.
- As more rain is expected, Liege is already on red alert.
- Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Crowe said Emergency services in the country have been mobilized.
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On Thursday, people saw cars floating on the streets of Verviers (a city of 55,000 people) in eastern Belgium, as heavy rain hit Liège province and triggered a flash flood.
Weather expressA French website reporting the weather in the area uploaded a video of a flooded street on Twitter, adding that the water level is currently 2 meters.
The entire area is on red alert, and European News According to reports, another four inches of rain is expected on Thursday.
Belgian news media VRT NWS The mayor of Pepinster, a town of about 10,000 people in Liege province, quoted him as saying that dozens of houses collapsed along the Vesdre River that flows through the area.
In another place in Belgium, Belgian news media VRT NWS The report stated that the body of a 50-year-old man was found in the basement of his home in Aywaille. According to the emergency services, he is checking the flooding in the basement.at least Eight dead Germany and Belgium suffered from flooding.
The Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Crowe said in a statement tweet He mobilized emergency services in the country.
According to reports, parts of the Rhine-a major river that flows through Germany and the Netherlands-closed shipping due to heavy rains until the weekend PhD current, German News Agency.
