People on the roof of their collapsing houses, for hours. And after the water had drained: victims in the rubble, looters, a winter in slums without heating, drinking water or electricity. But also: shops in containers and cafes in tents, because life, just like the river, never stops. The ugliest and the most beautiful, united in a previously forgotten Ardennes town: Pepinster, willy-nilly symbol of the floods of July 14, 2021.
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Pepinster, willy-nilly symbol of the floods. “What’s the point in continuing to cry? Yes, it was bad, but you have to move forward”
