It has barely rained in recent months and that leaves its mark. In many places it is already – for this time of year – exceptionally dry. Since Tuesday, the Orange Code applies to a fire hazard in our province.
There are large shrinking cracks in the Romboutswervepolder in Damme, of ten centimeters deep. “The bottom is also very hard. That is exceptional to say it softly. I have never seen this during this period,” says Ecohydrologist Patrick Meire.