In February 1888 Storms was given the technical direction of the Belgian anti-slavery expedition to Lake Tanganyika.
The Belgian Anti-Slavery Society, founded by Cardinal Lavigerie, had General Jacmart as President.
The objective was to abolish the slave trade in Africa, and a corps of volunteers was sent to operate on Lake Tanganyika.
On 20 December 1891 the society launched a boat named Storms on the lake.

Storms reached the rank of General in the army.
He died on 12 January 1918 at Ixelles, in Brussels.
Storms was an officer of the Order of Leopold and received various decorations and honors.
A monument was erected to him in his home town of Wetteren, and a bust was placed in the square of l'Industrie in Brussels, today renamed Square de Meeûs.
In February 1888 Storms was given the technical direction of the Belgian anti-slavery expedition to Lake Tanganyika. The Belgian Anti-Slavery Society, founded by Cardinal Lavigerie, had General Jacmart as President. The objective was to abolish the slave trade in Africa, and a corps of volunteers was sent to operate on Lake Tanganyika. On 20 December 1891 the society launched a boat named Storms on the lake.
Storms reached the rank of General in the army. He died on 12 January 1918 at Ixelles, in Brussels. Storms was an officer of the Order of Leopold and received various decorations and honors. A monument was erected to him in his home town of Wetteren, and a bust was placed in the square of l'Industrie in Brussels, today renamed Square de Meeûs.
Émile Storms