Sky News published this video item, entitled “Europe Floods: ‘Nobody was prepared for this'” – below is their description.
Floods across Europe drowned cities, devastated towns, made thousands of people homeless, and the number of people who have died as a result is climbing.
Business owners in Belgium grapple with the idea of losing their livelihoods for good after flash floods destroy shops, restaurants and homes.
Government leaders and scientists have said publicly that the cause of these floods is climate change.
Sky’s Climate Change correspondent Hannah Thomas Peter reports from Vervier in Belgium.
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In This Story: Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest.
It covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of 376 per square kilometre (970/sq mi). The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.
Legally, Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds. It is divided into three highly autonomous regions: the Flemish Region in the north, Wallonia in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region.
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