I see a new conversation opening in Flanders about water management, and about time! I need to look more carefully into the #BlueDeal from the Flemish gov, but it is clear to many we cannot keep going as we did in the face of changing weather patterns (aka: climate change). https://bluedeal.integraalwaterbeleid.be/

#Flooding2023 #OverstromingWestVlaanderen

We're safe and dry (indoors) here in East Flanders, but I do worry about the folks in the far western corner of Flanders, where the water keeps rising and authorities have encouraged evacuation. It is raining again, so whatever this news report says is already running behind the facts: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/11/17/no-additional-flooding-expected-in-the-westhoek-area-of-west-fla/
#Flooding2023 #OverstromingWestVlaanderen

Global News BC: ‘Traumatizing:’ Creek water rushes into Okanagan neighbourhood, floods streets and homes https://globalnews.ca/news/9670505/whitemans-creek-okanagan-flooding-evacuation/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #OkanaganIndianBand #WhiterockLakeFire #ParkerCoveflood #Whiteman’sCreek #WhiterockLake #flooding2023 #springflood #Flooding #Weather #News #OKIB