One Month After Floods, Belgians Try to Rebuild

One Month After Floods, Belgians Try to Rebuild
A building is destroyed after heavy rainfall in Pepinster, Belgium, on Aug. 9, 2021. Johanna Geron/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—A month after devastating floods in Belgium, residents said efforts to rebuild battered towns were picking up pace, but some still saw months of disruption ahead.

Flooding swept through parts of southern and eastern Belgium in mid-July, killing around 40 people and leaving a trail of destruction that cut power and swept away whole houses.