How one Belgian town is rebuilding from last year's floods

Jul 12, 2022

Empty social housing after works were frozen in Limbourg, Belgium June 15, 2022

Almost one year on from devastating floods social housing lies empty after works were frozen in Limbourg, Belgium June 15, 2022 Image: Joanna Gill/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Joanna Gill

Europe Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Our Impact

The Big Picture

Explore and monitor how Climate Change is affecting economies, industries and global issues

A hand holding a looking glass by a lake

Crowdsource Innovation

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale

Stay up to date:

Climate Change

A map showing Limbourg's social housing 'ghost town'

As a result of the flooding many Limbourg residents have migrated Image: Tom Finn/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Damaged bridge over river Vesdre in Limbourg Belgium, June 15 2022. Image: Joanna Gill/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Residents rebuild flood-hit homes in Limbourg, Belgium June 15, 2022. Image: Joanna Gill/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Discover

What’s the World Economic Forum doing about climate change?

Have you read?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.