Police have begun trawling a river in Belgium as they try to track down the thieves who stole tens of millions of euros’ worth of jewellery at the Tefaf art fair in Maastricht two years ago. Dutch and Belgian police are searching the water in Verviers with special equipment, including one metre-wide magnets, in the hope of finding tools used …
The floods in Zuid-Limburg are "in a formal sense" a disaster, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after the cabinet's crisis deliberations on Thursday. The water level remained just "below the doomsday scenario", a spokesperson for the safety region said to NOS. Some 12 thousand people were evacuated in the south of Limburg overnight, mostly in Maastricht and Bunde, Maarten …
The residents of the Maastricht neighborhoods of Heugem and Randwyck can safely return to their homes after being evacuated due to flooding risk, the municipality said around 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Maastricht skated by the abyss during the early hours of Friday morning, mayor Annemarie Penn told L1. According to her, it was "very stressful" when the high water reached …
People in the neighborhoods of Heugem and Randwyck in Maastricht were told to take shelter somewhere else on Thursday night, as flood waters will begin to flow into those areas, the Limburg-Zuid regional security office said. “Tonight, part of Maastricht will be under water,” the office wrote in a bulletin. We expect water levels between 80 centimeters and five meters.” …
