Cars, pavements washed away as Belgian town hit by worst floods in decades

A man cleans after heavy rainfall in Pepinster, Belgium July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The southern Belgian town of Dinant was hit by the heaviest floods in decades on Saturday after a two-hour thunderstorm turned streets into torrential streams that washed away cars and pavements but did not kill anyone.

Dinant was spared the deadly floods 10 days ago that killed 37 people in southeast Belgium and many more in Germany, but the violence of Saturday's storm surprised many.