The devastation is great in villages and small towns like Pepinster, Verviers and Trooz.

Cars are stacked on top of each other and large amounts of debris have accumulated under bridges and at shorelines.

- It has stopped raining and the water has started to sink away.

Everything is destroyed and people are very shocked, says SVT's reporter Åsa Welander, on site in Pepinster.

A dozen houses in Pepinster have completely or partially collapsed in connection with the floods, but the most urgent situation in the city is over.

- Now it's about getting rid of the water so that you can get to parts of the city at all, says Åsa Welander.

National day of mourning

The acute crisis situation is still mainly over in Belgium, where meteorologists are now expecting a week without rain.

In the city of Liège, the Meuse is still running dangerously high.

At the same time, water levels remain high in other parts of the country, such as around Wavre, just 20 km east of Brussels.

There, the water from the river La Dyle has now flowed over into the central parts of the city.

At least 23 people have died in the floods and several people are still missing.

A national day of mourning has been announced for Tuesday, the day before Belgium's national day, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced.

- An opportunity to gather us after the heavy events, but also to pay tribute to the solidarity and community expressed by the people, says De Croo at a press conference in Brussels according to the newspaper Le Soir.