Two experts from the Rijkswaterstaat will leave on Thursday with two emergency pumps for the coastal cities of Dunkirk and Calais in northern France, which are suffering from floods. The Netherlands will send two more pumps to France later this week, which has requested help from the European Union.
“There has been heavy rain recently, which means that the water in France can no longer drain properly. In many places, rivers have already burst their banks. That's why it's important that we help each other get rid of the water as quickly as possible.” Possible,” says outgoing Minister Mark Harpers (Infrastructure and Water Management). “Dutch emergency pumps and experts will go to the area to provide this assistance,” he added.
The pumps are being sent to the Pas-de-Calais and Le Nord departments. Four large pumps are now operating there. The news channel reported that four more copies from other French sections will be added later on Thursday BFMTV. With pumps from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which also sent devices, the total reaches twelve devices.
Floods and heavy rain left more than ten thousand homes in northern France without electricity. The problems are most evident in the departments of Pas-de-Calais, Le Nord, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Finistère.
The Netherlands itself is also suffering from flooding, but according to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, emergency pumps are not needed here at the moment. The Netherlands has a total of twenty emergency pumps, half of which can handle 5 million liters per hour and the other half 3 million liters per hour. The copies that go to France are of the stronger type.
The Netherlands also sent emergency pumps to France last year when heavy rains caused a nuisance there.
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