Floods hit Belgium's chocolate factories

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 20, 2021 12:32 am

LIEGE: As the floodwaters receded in the river valleys of industrial eastern Belgium, the smell of cocoa was mixed with the stench of spilled fuel oil and churned up river mud.

Among the many businesses knocked temporarily out of action by the unprecedented inundation was the Galler factory, home to one of the country's iconic luxury chocolate brands.

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