Bergen residents can go home again | Inland

This does not mean that the water has disappeared everywhere, especially the area between Aijen and Bergen is still flooded. For that reason there is still an army shuttle service.

Earlier Monday, it was also announced that all evacuated residents of Steyl and some areas in Venlo can return home. In Central Limburg, a few people are still unable to go home due to the high water of the Roer. In Vlodrop, the residents of sixteen homes in Tussen de Bruggen are still waiting for the green light from the municipality. Evacuated residents cannot yet return to Broekweg in Haelen, because there is a risk that the dike on the Maas will not hold.

That there are still weak spots in dikes, according to a report by the municipality of Venlo on Monday afternoon. The municipality has closed the entrance to the dike in Groot Boller in three places. The municipality does this to prevent further damage from cars, cyclists and pedestrians.

The North Limburg municipality of Horst aan de Maas will discontinue the live blog on Monday with which residents are updated about the latest news about the high water. There is no reason for this anymore, now that the water is receding further, according to the municipality.

Many municipalities in Limburg now announce where residents can hand in sandbags. After all, they are no longer needed.

Would you like to help? Gladly!

The big cleanup has started almost everywhere. For example, the Central Limburg municipality of Maasgouw wrote on Monday: “There is a lot of waste in some places. The Maas has taken a lot of rubbish and left it behind in Maasgouw. “How is this cleaned up?” and ‘can we help’ are frequently asked questions. Would you like to help? Gladly!”

Measurements in Gennep, North Limburg, show that the water is slowly receding to the north. According to forecasts, the level there will fall below 12 meters on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, the normal positions are expected of lower than 9 meters.

Number of damage reports in South Limburg continues to rise

The number of damage reports after the major flooding in Limburg continues to rise at insurers Interpolis and Centraal Beheer. According to the two, both part of Achmea, there are more than 1,700 reports. The Dutch Association of Insurers expects to be able to say more about the extent of the damage in the region by the end of this week.

At Interpolis on Monday afternoon, the counter stood at about 1060 reports, at Centraal Beheer at 665. Experts from Interpolis and Centraal Beheer held a kind of consultation hour in a hotel near the affected area last weekend. About eighty people affected were able to talk to the insurers with questions about, for example, relief, advance payments and determining the damage. Advances have also been paid immediately. “Some people, for example those who live on a ground floor, really have nothing left at all,” says a spokeswoman for Centraal Beheer.

For example, those affected need money for temporary accommodation or for the first emergency items such as a bed or a refrigerator. “In some families, all the children’s toys have been washed away,” says an Interpolis spokesperson. He expects the number of damage reports to rise significantly in the coming days. In recent days, the reports mainly came from the South Limburg municipalities of Valkenburg aan de Geul, Heerlen, Gulpen-Wittem, Kerkrade and Meerssen.

ASR, also a large insurer in the region, cannot yet say anything about the number of reports. This is because reports often do not reach the insurance company directly because ASR often works with intermediaries.

Size will only be clear in weeks

The total extent of the damage in South Limburg will only become clear in a few weeks. To do this, the water has to drop and buildings have to dry first. The government will also play a role in compensating for the damage. The outgoing cabinet formally declared the flooding in the southern province a disaster earlier this week. This means that a law applies that stipulates that people with damage that is not covered by insurance can turn to the central government.

It is also not clear how great the damage is to farmers in Limburg. “It is too early to say anything about total damage. It will take a while before the water is gone everywhere and the damage becomes visible,” says a spokeswoman for the Limburg Agriculture and Horticulture Association (LLTB).

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