Two Walloon rivers still on flood alert the day after the departure of the Kirk depression

Two Walloon rivers remained on flood alert early Friday evening, after the departure of the Kirk depression, according to data from the website devoted to hydrometry in the south of the country. Vigilance remains required for the Vierre, the Middle and the Basse Semois as well as their tributaries, where the decline has however begun.

Depression Kirk, remnant of a tropical cyclone, has left Belgium since Thursday. It had swollen the beds of several rivers in the south of the provinces of Luxembourg and Namur. The Haute Semois and the Vierre, the Eau Noire, the Eau Blanche, the Viroin, the Haute Lesse, the Lhomme and certain tributaries of the Haute Meuse had thus reached the alert thresholds during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. After a peak at midday, the decline had begun, however delayed by further precipitation.

The Kirk depression left some traces in the province of Luxembourg: “Two houses in the village of Wisembach (Fauvillers) found themselves under water”

On Friday, only the Vierre, the Moyenne and Basse Semois as well as their tributaries were still in the alert phase. Their flow rates remained high and this situation should last until the end of the day. The greatest caution near these rivers remains in order until the situation normalizes, reminds the Public Service of Wallonia.

The pre-alert phase continued for around ten rivers in the rest of Wallonia. This concerns the Viroin, the lower Ourthe, the Chiers, the Haute Semois, the Eau Blanche, the Basse Lesse, as well as the Haute Meuse (upstream and downstream) and their tributaries. The level of the Haute Meuse should come close to the alert threshold at the end of the day, without however crossing it. These rivers should return to normal flow this evening or Saturday.

The other watercourses (the middle Ourthe, the Dendre, the Eau Noire, the Haute Sambre, the Lhomme, the Haute Lesse, the tributaries of the Haute Meuse, the Eau d’Heure, the Dyle, the Sennette , the Charleroi-Brussels Canal, the Senne and the tributaries of the middle Meuse) have returned to normal.