In the beginning of July, heavy rainfall and mass flooding in southern Belgium (Wallonia) resulted in multiple deaths and thousands of houses being damaged or collapsing. Belgium activated the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism to ask for help. This infoclip shows the consequences of the floods in Chaudfontaine (Liège Province): flooded roads, devastated homes, cleaning operations,...

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Infoclip: Floods in Belgium

Views of devastated streets in Chaudfontaine (Belgium). Destroyed house, cars carried by the current of the river.

Group of people evacuating the water and the mud from a house. 

Bridge obstructed by debris carried by the river.

Man evacuating the mud and the water from his house