Belgium marks day of mourning for flood victims

Record ID: 1627671

  • Title: Belgium marks day of mourning for flood victims
  • Date: 20th July 2021
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 78-YEAR-OLD SURF MUSEUM OWNER AND TORCHBEARER, TERUO "TED" ADEGAWA, SAYING: "I remember that I went to the U.S. in 1963. In the U.S. when I saw people surfing, I couldn't help but think that maybe this could be a business opportunity to make surfboards, since no one makes or sells surfboards in Japan." EXTERIOR OF ADEGAWA'S SURF MUSEUM ADEGAWA OPENIN
  • Embargoed: 3rd August 2021 11:34
  • Keywords: Belgium floods minute of silence mourning victims
  • Location: VERVIERS & PEPINSTER, BELGIUM
  • City: VERVIERS & PEPINSTER, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA002EMNBNT3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Belgium observed a minute of silence on Tuesday (July 20) to mark a national day of mourning for the victims of the flooding, which killed at least 31 people in the country.
    Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde talked to families whose houses were flooded during a ceremony in Verviers, a town badly-hit by the disaster.
    The country's southeast was hit by floods that left more than 37,000 homes without electricity. Belgian authorities said the supply of clean drinking water was also a major concern.
    163 people are still missing or unreachable. The crisis centre said water levels were falling and a huge clean-up operation was underway. The military was sent in to the eastern town of Pepinster, where a dozen buildings have collapsed, to search for any further victims.
    (Production: Lea Guedj)
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