Overall Orange alert 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 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (2), EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),