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# Floods claim two lives in Belgium
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## Belgian authorities on Sunday called in the army to assist with emergency
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evacuations after severe flooding killed two people in the southwestern Hainot
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province.
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![Flooding in Belgium: Floods claim two lives in Belgium][1]
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The national weather service said that in two days Belgium absorbed as much
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rainfall as it normally gets in a month Photo: REUTERS
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7:52PM GMT 14 Nov 2010
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A 72-year-old woman drowned overnight near Beaumont after her husband lost
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control of their vehicle, Lt. Fabrice Pierart of the local firefighters told
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RTL television. A second victim, who was on his way home, was found just
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meters away, Lt. Pierart said.
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"This is a catastrophe for our region," the mayor of Beaumont, Charles Dupuis,
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told RTL.
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A woman was missing after being carried away by the water, according to
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authorities in the town of Lessines.
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Officials described the flooding as the worst in 50 years. The national
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weather service said that in two days [Belgium][2] absorbed as much rainfall
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as it normally gets in a month.
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Rivers and creeks overflowed in western and central Belgium causing basements
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and streets to flood in scores of towns and cities. Rail traffic was seriously
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interrupted on Sunday morning, but returned slowly to normal in the afternoon.
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## Related Articles
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Local authorities called in the army and civil protection to reinforce
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firefighters who had been working overnight. Firefighters were handing out
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bags of sand in the affected towns and villages, hoping to keep the water at
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bay.
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The situation appeared particularly serious in the Brabant region, just
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outside Brussels, and Hainaut province, where Beaumont and Lessines are
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located.
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In Tubize, a town in the French-speaking part of Brabant, soldiers had to
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evacuate a hospital. Marie-Jose Laby, the province's governor, said more rain
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was forecast, potentially further deteriorating the situation.
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"The priority is to bring the people to safety," she told RTL.
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Prime Minister Yves Leterme said there was no need to declare a national
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emergency but said his government was following the situation closely.
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