After a tornado has passed through Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver and Putte: should we still fear this powerful weather phenomenon in the coming days?

“These are really Texan conditions here,” the residents of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver and Putte said yesterday after the passage of a tornado. The powerful weather phenomenon produced images that you would normally expect in the American Tornado Alley. Roofs were blown away and even a mobile home was thrown into the air by the tornado. But how could this natural disaster arise so suddenly? How rare are tornadoes in our country? And should we still fear it in the coming days? Weather and Climate expert Samuel Helsen explains.

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