Belgian town begins cleaning up after severe floods From 12:01 to 12:02 local time on Tuesday, all public transportation in Brussels will come to a standstill during a national minute of silence. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said the day will be a moment for citizens "to show solidarity, closeness, and unity." Many Ahrweiler residents say they received no warning DW political correspondent Benjamin Alvarez spoke to residents of hard-hit Ahrweiler, and said many of them did not receive warning from authorities before the flooding. "We have talked to several people here on the ground and while some of them told us they heard an alarm from firefighters, we talked to a lot of them who told us that they did not get any alarm from local authorities, firefighters or police," he said. Alvarez said some residents instead received calls from family members who told them to immediately leave their homes .