With the heavy rainfall of the last few hours, the Vierre, the Eau Noire and the Our rivers and their tributaries have gone into flood alert phase, according to the Hydrometrics portal of the Walloon Public Service (SPW) on Sunday morning.
The levels will continue to rise and the maximum is expected to be reached in the morning or early afternoon, the site says.
In addition, the Eau d’Heure, the Upper and Lower Sambre, the Lower Ourthe, the Vesdre, the Amblève, the Our, the Senne, the Viroin, the Lower and Upper Lesse, the Upper Meuse downstream and upstream, the Sûre, the Lower, Middle and Upper Semois and the Chiers, as well as their tributaries, are still classified as being in the pre-alert phase for flooding.
The rest of the Walloon territory is considered to be in the "regular" phase.
