Belgium, as well as part of Europe, have been hit since Wednesday by floods of an exceptional magnitude.
Europe 1 went to the surroundings of Liège, the region most affected by the bad weather, to meet the affected inhabitants.
The violent floods which have devastated part of Belgium since Wednesday have killed at least 20 people.
A day of national mourning will be observed on Tuesday, the government said on Friday.
The province of Liège, in the east of the country, is the most affected by the bad weather and currently concentrates most of the relief operations.
As the water has started to recede, authorities believe the toll could rise further.
"My house is completely damaged"
"The water rose to two meters over an hour, an hour and a half of time. The whole ground floor was drowned", reports Christian, a resident of Verviers near Liège, at the microphone of Europe 1. "You could only watch the water rise, it stopped two steps from the first floor."
"My house is completely damaged, continues this local resident, the ground floor, the cellar, the garage ... The garage door has been torn off, the window frames are broken in", he explains.
"There is still the first and the second floor, but we can no longer live there, because there is no more electricity and water. We do not know what we are going to do, we are afraid of looting. ", he adds.
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France's support
Besides Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have also been affected by these floods. On Friday, in a message posted on Twitter, Emmanuel Macron expressed France's solidarity with the victims. 40 French civil security soldiers and a helicopter with a rescue team have been sent to Liège, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Thursday evening.