[Vautrin]

There are two risks: flooding of the rivers (due to excessive rainfall in the upstream areas). People live literally next door to the river, so when that happens, their houses get flooded. That has happened a few times in the past 15 years, most often in the south of the country, with the river Maas.

Strong South-Western winds, during a specific tide ((spring-tide?)), which can cause massive waves. That was the cause of the flooding in Zeeland and Zuid-Holland now 50 years ago.

And on ocassion there are small windgusts, which are concentrated in very small areas, but cause quite a lot of damage. Hurccianes? No, have not been around here, and that is not yet possible. But the weather has grown to be more and more instable in the past few years. We will see ...