A flood event in Eupen, Belgium

What is it about?

On 24 June 1953, a thunderstorm with record-breaking 24-hour-rainfall totals triggered a severe, but localised flash flood in the town of Eupen in eastern Belgium in June 1953. A reanalysis of the meteorological conditions leading up to the event has been conducted in order to find out whether the typical ingredients for slow-moving, heavy-rain-producing storms were present and also whether a high-resolution weather model can actually simulate such a smaller-scale weather event.

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