The rain that fell on Friday evening has caused a lot of flooding, especially in the provinces of North Brabant and South Holland. In Tilburg, according to Broadcasting Brabant including the ground floor of the Elizabeth Two-City Hospital full of water.
In other places in Tilburg trees fell and streets were flooded. Reports of nuisance were also received from Rijen and Helmond, just as from Dordrecht and Zwijndrecht.
According to the ANWB, there were short traffic jams on the A58, A27 and A2 because road users slowed down.
Train traffic was also affected. The NS reported that due to a fallen tree on the track, no train traffic is possible between the stations Gilze-Rijen and Tilburg University. This malfunction was resolved during the evening.
Code declared yellow
It KNMI issued code yellow for the southern and central provinces on Friday evening. Severe thunderstorms were expected all evening, which could be accompanied by hail and wind gusts.
The safety region of Central and West Brabant registers RTL News Friday night more crowded than usual due to the rainfall.
Several photos of Brabant’s streets full of water appeared on social media.
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Valkenswaard was also under water (Photo: NU.nl/Ruud de Lau)
First tropical day of the year
In De Bilt, a rural tropical day was measured for the first time of the year on Friday. The temperature rose to 30 degrees at 4.40 pm.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the 30 degrees were already reached in the southern and eastern regions of the country. However, the temperature in De Bilt is leading to speak of a rural tropical day, where the mercury has remained just below 30 degrees in recent days.
North Brabant must, according to Weerplaza take into account more warm days in the near future. However, the temperature will decrease slightly due to rainfall. More heavy showers are expected this weekend.
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