The day starts with dry periods, but especially this afternoon it will rain heavily and heavily. It is very mild, from 12 to 13 degrees with a moderate to fairly strong south-westerly wind. This afternoon there is even temporarily less wind.
They also warn in the north of France about flooding in the Leiedal, south of the Westhoek. Code orange therefore applies in that region of France.
On the Leie, alert and alarm thresholds are expected to be exceeded downstream of Sint-Baafs-Vijve in Machelen-Deinze from this evening. Between the border and Sint-Baafs-Vijve, the pre-wake and wake thresholds are exceeded. The manager also closed the turning gate in Beernem,