2023-07-29 14:25:45 The Liège firefighters were called to intervene on Saturday afternoon to carry out some pumping, we learned from their zone dispatch. A few calls for help were recorded, Saturday from 3:00 p.m., in relation to flooded cellars after the passage of heavy rains in the Liège region. The Liège engineers then deployed to … Read more
2023-07-28 12:05:27 By AR Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 47 minutes ago The front of the plane disappeared, broken by hailstones. Screenshot / @DanasMuse1 The airliner, which left Milan, was to carry its 215 passengers to New York. He finally had to make an emergency landing in Rome. Upon getting off the plane, after a … Read more
2023-07-25 16:05:21 The phones keep ringing at the VAB emergency centre, due to all the calls from northern Italy, the mobility organization which also offers assistance products reported on Tuesday. “The bad weather in certain regions of Italy and Switzerland is causing an influx of emergency calls,” the VAB explained in a press release. The … Read more
2023-07-09 05:55:00 The violent storms expected may locally be accompanied by accumulations of 20 to 40 liters per square meter in one hour, or even very locally more. Hailstones up to 4 or 5 centimeters in diameter and strong gales of up to 90 km/h or more could cause damage. For now, the whole country … Read more
2023-06-22 10:26:00 For these dams, located in the provinces of Liège and Namur, “we have increased the refunds to the river, so as to make room to be able to accommodate potential surpluses”, explains Sarah Pierre, spokesperson for the Wallonia public service. . These measures were adopted by the Celex expertise unit, which met several … Read more
2023-06-18 12:03:00 The 1722 call number dedicated to non-emergency firefighter interventions was activated on Sunday by the Federal Public Service (FPS) Interior, the Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM) fearing a risk of storm or flood. The purpose of the 1722 is to prevent emergency numbers from being overwhelmed with calls for interventions which can however wait. … Read more
2023-05-18 15:53:06 The floods that hit Emilia-Romagna on Wednesday May 17in the center of theItalycaused the death of at least eleven people, two new bodies having been found on Thursday. Two officials from the police headquarters and the municipality of Ravenna confirmed to AFP these last two deaths, the media indicating that they are a … Read more
2023-05-12 01:20:28 With our special correspondent in Bushushu and Nyamukubi, Coralie Pierret Bukandé returns from the rubble for the fourth consecutive day. He lost his wife and youngest child in the floods: They’re still looking for the bodies, and I’m passing because they haven’t found the two bodies yet. » This father is destitute. How … Read more