A tornado caused major damage in two Belgian villages on Wednesday afternoon. According to Belgian media such as The morning and The last news Forty homes and a camper in Putte and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver were destroyed.
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In the latter place, affected residents did not know what they saw. “A heavy garden table flew through the air, the chimney is broken and the tiles and gutter are next to the house. There is a trampoline in our driveway from seven houses away. These are truly Texan scenes here,” says Thomas Verhaert. Miraculously, no one was injured.
The tornado passed through the area around 4:30 p.m. An access road between two villages was blocked by one of the loose roofs, and in Putte emergency services closed a street due to debris on the street.
According to the fire brigade spokesperson, there was material damage over a distance of 2 to 3 kilometers The morning. The police ask motorists to avoid the village center of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver for the time being. Weather service Noodweer Benelux says that the tornado may have been caused by the passage of a so-called supercell, the heaviest type of thunderstorm, in the area.
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