3 hours agomourning days for flood victims in Belgium, flags drop to half-point
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Flags across Belgium were lowered to half-sided Tuesday, marking the start of a national mourning day for victims of deadly floods in Western Europe. The flags of Belgium and the European Union outside Belgium's Federal Parliament and the prime minister's office in Brussels were lowered to half a spear at 7: 00 a.m. [...]
Flags across Belgium were lowered to half-sided Tuesday, marking the start of a national mourning day for victims of deadly floods in Western Europe.
The flags of Belgium and the European Union outside Belgium's Federal Parliament and the prime minister's office in Brussels were lowered to half a spear at 7: 00 a.m.
At least 196 people have died from heavy rain that fell in western Germany, eastern Belgium and the Netherlands in recent days, the AP reports, broadcast Klankosova.tv.
They included 117 confirmed deaths in the worst affected German region, Rheinland-Pfalz, while 47 died in Nordrhein-Westfalen and at least one in Bavari.
The death toll in Belgium was 31.
Authorities said they were likely to find more victims among the destroyed houses while continuing an operation to attract victims, Klankosova broadcast.tv.
