Fire department zone Fluvia already had to process more than 50 interventions today. There was already flooding in the Zwevegem – Otegem region yesterday. Even more today. Including on the Ruggestraat on the N8 and on the Langestraat. But the road from Avelgem to Otegem also had to be closed.
On the Upper Scheldt in Helkijn pre-monitoring threshold has been exceeded, the discharge is currently 135m³/s. Here too, levels will rise further and alarm thresholds are not exceeded.