Torrential rains once again hit Europe last weekend.
In Belgium, it was the province of Namur, capital of Wallonia, which was particularly concerned early Saturday evening.
Further west, the south of England was hit by torrential rains on Sunday.
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This Sunday, it fell to 100 mm in Belgium and nearly 48 mm in the English capital in the space of two hours.
That is as much as it usually falls in two weeks in July.
If no victims are to be deplored this time, these impressive floods come less than two weeks after the terrible floods which claimed the lives of nearly 200 people in Germany and Belgium.
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The rains this weekend were less violent, but London still recorded the fifth largest rainfall episode ever measured in the city!”,
Analyzes Régis Crépet, forecaster at Meteo Consult *.
Risk escalation
In Namur, significant material damage is to be deplored.
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