tokens: Brussels received 5.6 cm -LPR- 2.24 inches -RPR- of water in the past 24 hours -- compared to an average 7.4 cm -LPR- 2.96 inches -RPR- per month -- but in several communes in the south of the country up to 8 cm -LPR- 3.2 inches -RPR- fell , the Royal Meteorological Institute -LPR- RMT -RPR- said .