The Royal Institute of Meteorology warns once morest the passage of storm Eunice over Belgium on Thursday and Friday. On his side, meteorologist David Dehenauw adds that it might be the worst storm of the last thirty years.
However, we must qualify: not all regions will face the same situation. “What you have to understand is that there is a storm low center passing over the British Isles and the winds are circling around it. So the further you go from it, the less the wind is strong”, underlines Bastien Lombeau, forecaster at the IRM, whom La Libre contacted. It is the west of the country that will be the most impacted.
Flemish provinces more exposed
The provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders and Antwerp have therefore been placed on orange alert. “There is a high probability that there will be gusts that might reach 100 to 120 km / h. Knowing that 100 km is the limit for going from a yellow code to an orange code “, says the specialist. And to point out that“It is indeed gusts, that is to say that there are times when there is a little less wind and others when there are peaks with temporarily 120 km / h. “
Locally, they might even exceed 130 km/h, or even reach 150 in the most pessimistic scenarios. But it is only if a quarter of a province is subject to the risk of exceeding 130 km / h that the red alert is given. “If that were the case, it would really be the province of West Flanders and the coast that would be affected.”
Namur, Liège and Luxembourg less affected
In Wallonia, south of the Sambre-et-Meuse furrow, in the provinces of Namur, Liège, Luxembourg winds between 80 and 100 km/h are expected. “Even if it is not excluded that locally we exceed 100 km / h“, specifies Bastien Lombeau.
“Buffer” provinces
Finally, the provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, from Flemish Brabant and you Limbourg will form a “buffer” zone between the stronger westerly winds and the less strong easterly winds. “We expect gusts between 80 and 120 km / h and we might easily reach 100 to 120 km / h. We remain on yellow alert because it is a buffer zone where the uncertainty is still quite large.”
