Firefighters install water pumps in northern France amid flooding

Firefighters installed four civil protection pumping equipment using a telescopic handler near Dunkirk in northern France. The pumps, 2 large-capacities and 2 medium-capacities, are being installed as part of the European Union's civil protection mechanism for the floods affecting the region.

Due to Heavy rains in Germany, France and the Netherlands, floods caused in regions in the last two weeks and many towns are still under water, two days after the second episode of exceptional flooding in two months.