If he was still excessively hot this Wednesday afternoon, with temperatures between 33 and 37 ° C, or even locally 38 ° C on eastern Belgium, the situation soon drastically changed from the end of the afternoon.
Indeed, thunderstorms have raged: in the Namur regions and Liège, in particular, large rawers and large rains have manifested themselves.
MRI had warned at the start of the day: the clouds will appear and give rise to sometimes violent localized thunderstorms, with high precipitation in a short time and hail. The wind will be moderate, but, in thunderstorms, gusts could reach 50 to 70 km/h and even 100 km/h under an isolated violent thunderstorm.
For this reason, the MRI brought its yellow alert to thunderstorms issued on Wednesday morning to the Orange code on Wednesday morning. Wednesday evening, the weather will remain unstable on the East, with still violent storms located, while it will generally become dry on the West. The night will see thunderstorm showers leave the territory by the east and time become dry everywhere.