Flooding by strong rain: highways closed, nuisance at Schiphol – nrc.nl

Flooding by strong rain: highways closed, nuisance at Schiphol – nrc.nl

Domestic

The bad weather is putting in the west and south of the country to flooding and delays on the roads. At Schiphol travelers should expect delays in the rain. The traffic in Den Bosch and Tilburg is curdled after a lightning strike.

Update 14.00:

Due to heavy rainfall, the water board Rhineland emergency ground deployed to the water to keep the area. on level Locally there are additional pumps needed to keep. Polders and towns dry Especially in the regions Gouda, Boskoop and Alphen aan den Rijn, the water struggling to sink into the soil away. Alphen is even a street dropped off an embankment threatening to break through. The water runs over the dike ditch so that the surrounding streets are flooded stand

Update 13:00:. Certainly thousand households around Tilburg are without electricity due to a fault. Due to the heavy rainfall is a transformer failed at a power station, says operator Enexis. The fire department is working to pump water away

Update 12:02 pm:. for the provinces of Noord-Holland, Utrecht, Zuid-Holland and Noord-Brabant is code orange for extreme weather promulgated .

Heavy downpours with thunderstorms at this point in the country. And experiencing the traffic too cumbersome, reports the ANWB:

Flooded Station and flight delays

The rail traffic between Den Bosch and Tilburg is at this time after a lightning

At Station Amsterdam Zuid walk driven wet feet if you’re not wearing closed shoes today:

Also, traffic suffers from the rain. Between 7.45 and 9.30 there could leave no planes

This creates congestion on the landing and departure of jobs:.

Screenshot Flight Radar.

Code Yellow

KNMI issued this morning a warning for severe weather in the entire country, apart from Groningen and Drenthe. This afternoon is to be expected with local thunderstorms and heavy precipitation in a short time.

heavy showers, especially in the southern half of the country

Kaatsheuvel had a nursing home to be evacuated because of the rain. Flooding in Hilversum:

There are people who take the opportunity to drive down the street:

nuisance in parts of Brabant

Fikse rain made tonight in parts of Brabant already nuisance. When the fire several reports came in from storm damage and flooding. At several places in the vicinity of Tilburg streets and basements were under. To our knowledge, there are no injuries. In Rincon festival was prematurely halted Sunday because of the weather. Singer Jan Smit was therefore already sent off the stage after three songs, reports news agency Novum.

East of the country the day before had suffered from the heavy rainfall. Streets and basements were among Ommen, Dedemsvaart and Beam Bridge. In the north and east it is today was dry and there are sunny periods.

Tomorrow there are a large part of the country periods of sunshine and dry.

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