Two Belgians, a mother and her son, died in the floods that hit South Jordan on Sunday, the Jordanian news agency reported on Monday. The research and rescue teams recovered the bodies of the two victims, missing for several hours. An investigation was opened to determine the exact circumstances surrounding the death of the two Belgians, according to the news agency.
Specialized teams – including members of civil protection, local police and gendarmerie – carried out research operations in complex weather conditions and on difficult land. The rescue teams found “The bodies of a woman and her son, both of Belgian nationality, who had been missing after floods in the Choubak region, about 200 km south of Amman”reported the French press agency AFP, citing a statement from the Directorate of General Security. According to statements by the governor of Maan, Hassan al-Jabour, reported by the official television channel Al-Mamlaka, the Belgian and her three children were part of a group of tourists also including 14 Czechs in “Adventure trip” Sunday, without a guide. The authorities have managed to evacuate the majority of the group, but the Belgian and her three children have disappeared, he added. The rescue teams found two of the children in “good health”. Contacted by RTBF, Belgian foreign affairs have indicated confirming the information without giving identities at the moment.
