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Code yellow nationwide for thunderstorms

The showers will move from south to north across the country and a lot of precipitation can fall. There is a local risk of flooding, according to the KNMI. In Zeeland, severe weather must be taken into account tonight, for the rest of the country a warning applies from the morning and afternoon.

Follow the approaching storm:


During the showers a lot of precipitation can fall locally, locally to about 30 to 40 millimeters. “Even larger quantities cannot be ruled out,” says meteorologist Reinier van den Berg of Buienradar.

The severe weather that will pass over the country during the afternoon on Sunday already caused major problems throughout France on Saturday.

Dead in France

A woman in her thirties was killed in Rouen, in northwestern France. She was dragged by the water and trapped under a car, according to local authorities. Help came too late.

Other parts of France were also hit by heavy showers, lightning and very strong gusts of wind. Several farms and other buildings were damaged, some of which had their roofs blown off. 4,500 households were without electricity.


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