In Montenaken (Gingelom), the local emergency services were hard at work while sandbags were distributed to residents.
In Herk-De-Stad, mayor Bert Moyaers went to the field to get an idea of the extent of the damage. The municipalities of Hoeselt and Riemst did not seem to have been spared from the showers either.
The Extrema Outdoor festival, which is held in Houthalen-Helchteren, in Limburg, was also feet in the mud. Mayor Alain Yzermans invited festival-goers not to go to the site before 7:00 p.m.
Traffic at the interchange between the E313 and E314 motorways in Lummen, Limburg, was also disrupted on Sunday followingnoon due to heavy rain.
” I’ve never seen that ”
In Montenaken, residents of a nursing home had to be evacuated: ” He went on non-stop for half an hour. I had never seen this in all my life says mayor Patrick Lismont to Het Belang van Limburg.
Rail traffic was also interrupted on line 34 between Hasselt and Tongeren in Limburg following heavy rains in Bilzen, infrastructure manager Infrabel said on Sunday followingnoon. A bus shuttle system was to be set up.
Earlier in the day, train traffic on line 36 between Landen and Ezemaal, in Flemish Brabant, had been suspended due to flooding. Train traffic remained diverted via Hasselt despite the new traffic interruption between Hasselt and Tongeren.