2023-11-09 10:47:23
While the North of France is evacuating certain areas and the governor of West Flanders decided this Thursday to activate the provincial crisis management plan due to a risk of flooding, the crisis center of Wallonia remains calm . “We have put Haute-Semois and its tributaries under surveillance because heavy rain is expected at the end of the day but no alert has yet been triggered,” explains crisis center spokesperson Stéphanie Ernoux. “The Haute-Semois area is therefore on pre-alert. »
Concretely, at the end of this Thursday morning, the website of the crisis center detailed that “from the confluence with the Rulles (Tintigny) and further downstream, the flows and levels will continue to increase and should cross the thresholds of pre -alert (localized overflows without seriousness) in the middle of the day. Upstream of the confluence with the Rulles, flows and levels will continue to increase throughout the day and should remain below the pre-alert thresholds (localized overflows without seriousness) even if we cannot completely exclude that they will occur. are approaching strongly at the end of the day. » Observations which also apply to Vierre and Moyenne-Semois, specifies the crisis center.
The governor of West Flanders decided on Thursday to activate the provincial crisis management plan due to a risk of flooding, due to downpours announced by the Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM). “We expect intense precipitation during the night from Thursday to Friday, which might cause the Yser catchment area to overflow,” commented the firefighters. In France, Pas-de-Calais is affected by historic floods which have caused significant damage. The region went into red alert on Thursday and should not experience a decline before Friday, leading to school closures for two days.
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