Pepinster, willy-nilly symbol of the floods. “What’s the point in continuing to cry? Yes, it was bad, but you have to move forward”

People on the roof of their collapsing houses, for hours. And after the water had drained: victims in the rubble, looters, a winter in slums without heating, drinking water or electricity. But also: shops in containers and cafes in tents, because life, just like the river, never stops. The ugliest and the most beautiful, united in a previously forgotten Ardennes town: Pepinster, willy-nilly symbol of the floods of July 14, 2021.

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