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TOPSHOT - A young resident helps clean-up outside his home following heavy rains and floods in the town of Rochefort on July 17, 2021. - The death toll from flooding in eastern Belgium hit 24 on July 17, 2021, as police went door-to-door seeking news of at risk residents and the prime minister toured devastated towns. Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander de Croo headed to the town of Rochefort in the basin of the river Meuse to see the aftermath of what he has branded an "unprecedented" flood. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/JOHN THYS)