Overall Orange Flood for Belgium in Belgium from 14 Jul 2021 01:00 UTC to 16 Jul 2021 01:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Flood for Belgium

in Belgium

Event summary

Flood Belgium can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 1100957
Death:	14
Displaced:	1200
Countries:	Belgium
From - To	14 Jul - 16 Jul

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Flood in Belgium - Copernicus EMS activation (EMSR518)Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:53

EMSR518: Copernicus Emergency Management Service has been activated

Belgium, Mid-July 2021Flooding affected parts of Belgium from 14 July, 2021, in particular the provinces of Liège, Namur and Luxembourg. As of 16 July, 14 fatalities were reported and 4 people missing. Hundreds of people evacuated homes in areas along rivers in Liège and Namur Provinces.Fri 16 Jul 2021Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (2), EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),

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