LIVE. What about incoming water from Northern France? Situation in Westhoek remains worrying | Water (misery) in the Westhoek

The situation surrounding the water misery “is not too bad”, said Governor Carl Decaluwé of West Flanders on Saturday morning. “Into the water level Roesbrugge has remained just below the alarm level and is now decreasing slightly,” it sounds. “Downstream Stavele the peak is expected around 12:30 p.m. Also in Lo-Reninge it is critical, but there are few houses there. One person was evacuated last night. Into the Mandel Izegem It was critical on Friday evening, but the situation is now under control. There will be another crisis meeting at 12.30 pm Poperinge.”

It will be calmer and drier on Saturday with isolated showers in the afternoon. It will be cooler, with temperatures up to 5 to 10 degrees. The RMI reports this. From Sunday evening it will become wetter again with rain and showers. Read the weather report here.

The water levels in West Flanders will remain high due to the incoming water from Northern France. Governor reports this Carl Decaluwe of West Flanders.

According to the governor, all possible precautions have been taken. That’s how it is Stavele a second dam is built and sandbags are distributed. In Izegem the new dikes on the buffer basin are doing their job to limit the flooding of the Mandel. Additional pump capacity was deployed on the Heulebeek. The water level of the Leie remains at an acceptable level and will continue to be monitored. All services remain alert to intervene where necessary.

A new crisis meeting is planned for Saturday. Local residents are asked to take all possible precautions and prepare as best as possible. You are also asked to limit movements and avoid dangerous areas. Gas, electricity and water must be turned off if necessary, mobile phones must be charged.

“In Lo-Reninge only five houses are threatened,” says Mayor Lode Morlion (Dynamic). “Our services have already visited there to do what is necessary to protect the homes. Here and there streets are flooded. The bucket is full after all the rain of the past few days. Everything that is added now is too much.”

In Vleteren Everything seems to be under control for the time being. “But things are borderline here and there,” says Mayor Stephan Mourisse (LVP).

In Poperinge Another crisis meeting took place on Friday between the fire brigade, police, the governor of West Flanders and the municipalities involved. The critical points regarding flooding were reviewed again.

“Now come too Moorslede and Dadizele in sight, just like the center of Noordschote and parts of Heuvelland against the French border,” says Decaluwé. “The emergency services continue to do their utmost to prevent inconvenience. They are also discharging water in France to protect our waterways, but the capacity there is insufficient to discharge all the excess water.”

While it is drier and sunnier at the sea in spring and summer than inland, it rains more often in the west of our country in autumn. This time of year we can expect more rain in West Flanders, although the amounts of precipitation that the west has received this month are exceptionally high. In West Flanders, up to 10 times as much precipitation fell in some places than in the center of the country. Why does it rain more in the west in the fall and why is it exceptionally wet this fall?