Photos
http://portfolio.lesoir.be/main.php?g2_itemId=526139 -
Ciney and Jodoigne in Wallonia and the EU district in Brussels
Video (Dutch commentary)
http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuw...d/100714_storm
- in and around Brussels
Liège
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwlH21GyPmg&FMT=18
Serious disruption to trains between Brussels and Wallonia (Namur and
Liège): tracks blocked in various places by fallen trees. Many roads
in Wallonia also blocked by fallen trees.
Jodoigne - sports hall roof collapsed (see photos above): 8 people
slightly hurt
Ciney - several buildings including church tower damaged by an
apparent tornado (see photos above)
Dinant - whole town has been without electricity since 17.00;
several house roofs badly damaged in a nearby village
Charleroi area - roads blocked by fallen trees; lorry driver injured
when a tree fell on his cab
Marcinelle - 4 houses damaged by fire after a lightning strike
Province of Luxembourg - roads blocked by fallen trees and power
cables; roofs damaged in a number of places
Leuven - flooded roads and fallen trees
Diest - seems to have been hit by a small tornado; fireman injured
while clearing a fallen tree
Brussels Airport - flights delayed by half an hour as loading and
unloading of aircraft stopped until the storm passed
Liège Bierset Airport - closed for half an hour; gusts to 120 km/hr
observed; fallen trees and branches in Liège itself - one person
injured when a tree fell on a car
Colin Youngs
Brussels