Also on other spots in the country flirt the thermometer with the 40 degrees. Zo will grade 39.8 in Begijnendijk. Since the following Sint-Jans-Molenbeek with 39.6 degrees, Moere and Sint-Pieters-Rode with 39.5 degrees in Zele, Wevelgem, Lauwe and Dilbeek, the total will be 39.4 degrees. In Lichtervelde steeg het kwik tot 39.3 degrees.
Daardoor is code rood uiteindelijk op 0,5 tot 1 grad na not gehaald, says Dehenauw. “We say that there is a risk that it isn’t overdone,” Aldus de Weerman.
In Ukkel Klom het kwik Tuesday to 38.1 degrees.
