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Summer 2018 is heading for the record books as Belgium's hottest to date, narrowly beating the previous record set during the 2003 heatwave.
Organisers of the Brussels Summer Festival and the Foire du Midi funfair, which both finished at the weekend, are celebrating strong results helped in large part by the weather.
This weekend's Flower Carpet in Brussels will look slightly different to what was first planned, because some types of begonia have not survived the recent heatwave.
Farmers in about two-thirds of Wallonia have become eligible for compensation after suffering losses due to this summer's drought.
Belgium's Royal Meteorological Institute has issued a 'yellow' storm warning for the whole country on Tuesday, with thunderstorms expected during the afternoon and evening.
Belgium has been shaped by successive waves of history, from the Roman conquest to the European Union.
Climate change is one of the biggest risks affecting Brussels, potentially costing the city's economy €400 million a year, according to a new report by insurance giant Lloyd's.
There's just a week to go until one of the highlights of summer in Brussels - the twice-yearly Flower Carpet filling the Grand-Place.
