Storm weakens, KNMI pulls in code red – dead by fallen tree – nrc.nl

Because of the heavy storm halted rail traffic between Amsterdam and Utrecht. ANP / Evert Elzinga

Countryside

The KNMI weather alarm (code red), which only applied to the province of North Holland, withdrawn. Because of the storm, a person was killed.

Now apply code orange for extreme weather in the Wadden area and and Friesland. There may be high winds of around 110 kilometers per hour. In the coastal region of North Holland, the IJsselmeer region and in Groningen and Drenthe are still heavy gusts up to 90 mph. There, code yellow: dangerous weather.

In the rest of the Netherlands is no longer in effect warning. “In the course of the evening the storm strength decreases,” said a spokesman for the KNMI to news agency ANP.

In some parts of the country back on the road

the opinion of Rijkswaterstaat because the storm is not going on the road toned. This applies only to the areas where code red or orange is adjusted.

Forecast: A44 problems until 21 hours

Rijkswaterstaat expects problems with fallen trees and blown branches on the A44 near Wassenaar take at least until 21:00. The road is closed there. On the A12, Den Haag-Utrecht, were at the start of the evening, again, two of the four lanes available. The other way is the highway towards The Hague still closed from Reeuwijk.

Delay trains decreases

The delay of the trains in the Randstad slowly declining, NS says. Earlier rode no trains between Utrecht and Amsterdam. Also on various other projects cause no trains. Currently, there is limited train traffic between Zwolle and Meppel and no trains between Beilen and Hoogeveen and between Deventer Rijssen

A lot of damage, killed and wounded by storm

Through the storm today. – the heaviest in July went since measurements started in 1901 – one person was killed. That happened when a tree fell on his car, in the Gelderland Wolfheze. Also, at least three people were injured by falling trees.

On Twitter get a lot of photos of past fallen trees; on houses, cars and streets. In Amsterdam trams could not ride for a while. In The Hague was a particular tram inaccessible. Many events and festivals are canceled today because of extreme weather.

Read more about:

Amsterdam

The Hague

knmi

Storm

again

weather warning