Belgian death toll rises to 23 with people still stranded on roofs

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The number of people dead in Belgium amid extreme weather and flooding has risen to 23, Belga news agency reported citing the governor of badly-hit Liege province.

“There are still people on roofs in the province of Liege who haven’t had food or drink for 36 hours,” governor Herve Jamar told broadcasters RTL-TVI and RTBF in comments carried by Belga.

Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden told broadcaster VRT there was a provisional death toll of 18 with a great many missing. Helicopters and drones are to keep searching in the coming hours, she said.

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