Storm along the Dutch coast, code orange in Belgium and France – NOS

With wind force 9 and gusts of more than 110 miles per hour is the first real najaarsstorm a fact. The storm pulls this morning on Zealand and is about the west coast towards the north.

Weerplaza warns of gusts of 120 kilometres per hour this afternoon in North-Holland. In the interior the wind is slightly less powerful, but can also be gusts up to 90 km per hour). In the whole of the Netherlands is code yellow.

Especially the road traffic is advised to pay close attention. In the course of the evening, the wind again.

The NS put in connection with the rain and falling autumn leaves geltreinen in. Which trains lubricate the track with a gel of sand, metal powders and potato starch, making the track less slippery and trains, better brakes.

In Belgium and parts of France, it is code orange was declared. That means that large trees can break down and damage to homes and buildings can arise. In Belgium, code orange for the entire country. In Brussels by the wind a few tram lines failed.

In France, it is code orange in effect in departments along the strait of dover and the region around Lyon. In the departments at the strait of dover can gusts of wind until 160 km per hour.