“It was raining in my bathroom”, “water to the thighs”: big rains cause floods in the province of Namur

Large rains fell on certain regions of our country last night. Nevertheless, In the Namurois, near Sambreville, many people had the unpleasant surprise to be flooded.

« Large floods in my cellar up to half of my thigh. Consequently, With blocked sewers. Furthermore, My garden is full of holes, my bathroom was raining, ”says Clara. For example, “Streets are underwater” notes Léonard in his car. Moreover, Many of you have contacts us via the orange button alert us to report floods in the Namur region.

On the side of Charlotte. For example, we had the unpleasant surprise to discover that water had flooded his cellar. “Very happy to have received the sewers of Sambreville in my cellar,” she “it raining my bathroom”, “water notes on her Facebook account.

Still in Sambreville, Clara testifies: “My whole street was in panic and was looking for help. Unheard of from my neighbor in 51 years of time living in this street. We have not lost everything, mower, bike, tools, our reserves, fuel oil … So much so that the water was high my freezer floated, “she explains, distraught.

Faced with the exceptional situation. the bourgmestre Olivier Bordon even “it raining my bathroom”, “water reacted, explaining that he was on site with the Val de Sambre zone teams to deal with the situation. “Following the exceptional situation. the precipitation fallen in a very short time, I am currently on the ground with the teams of the Val de Sambre zone in order to assess, alongside our corps chief, the main difficulties encountered on the territory. The situation seems to be gradually stabilized! “He said.

Marc Gilbert. commander of the Val de Sambre rescue zone, confirms that there are more than 170 interventions this night in the region.