In the coming days, even more showers and thunderstorms will be in the air. But Piet does not expect that the alarm code will go to green quickly. “We must remain vigilant certainly in dry sandy soil areas. The rain on the surface can then quickly evaporate when the sun shines.”
In recent weeks, natural fires were here and there in the Vloethemveldbos. There was also dune vegetation in flames. Making fire or smoking a cigarette has been permanently forbidden for several years in all forests and nature reserves.