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The national unit calls for not calling 112 in case of storm damage if there is no acute danger, because the number must remain available “for when every second counts.” The number 0900-8844 is for police cases that are less urgent and if if there is damage that does not endanger others, people should call the municipality according to the police spokesperson.
- There has been a serious storm since 12 noon
- The NS also stops buses in Leiden after trains
- ANWB: Don’t go on the road anymore
- 120 flights have already been canceled at Schiphol
- The telephones at the national emergency room are red hot
- IKEA Barendrecht closed after sustaining storm damage
- Meal deliverers such as Thuisbezorgd and Deliveroo indicate that they do not drive or hardly drive
- Insurer Interpolis already received more than 150 online reports of storm damage around 17.30
Events
- No matches in amateur football and in the Eredivisie
- The NK Headwind Bikes has been partially canceled due to strong winds
Road traffic
- Part of the roof of a gas station was blown off the A12 motorway at Harmelen. There are no messages about being injured
- Fallen tree gets moving car in Roermond: woman injured, according to 1 Limburg
Train traffic
- The Dutch Railways no longer run on buses in the Leiden region. Train traffic was already stopped due to work.
- Due to a fallen tree on the track at Wierden, no train traffic is possible between Apeldoorn and Enschede and on the Zwolle-Enschede route
- Due to a defective overhead line as a result of the storm, no trains are running between Breda and Tilburg
- A flag was blown into the overhead line between Zaandam-Enkhuizen, which means that no trains are running on this route until further notice
- No trains run through an object on the track between Gorinchem and Leerdam.
- Between Eindhoven and Helmond a train hit the track against a fallen tree. Nobody was injured, but the damage to the train is significant, according to ProRail. The train traffic is stopped until at least 7 p.m. Far fewer trains also run on other routes to and from Eindhoven
- The Intercity from Amsterdam to Berlin has just hit a tree across the border between Bad Bentheim and Rheine. No one was injured. According to German railways, around 300 people are on the train. The railways expect that the train will be able to run again with some delay
- No trains run through objects in the overhead lines between Raalte and Nijverdal and between Alphen aan den Rijn and Bodegraven.
Ferry services
- The ferry service between Texel and Den Helder has been blocked since Sunday afternoon due to the storm. The TESO shipping company reports this on the website
- Shipping company Doeksen cancels all sailings to and from Vlieland and Terschelling
- The ferry across the Westerschelde between Vlissingen and Breskens has been taken out of service. The Westerschelde Ferry operator reports that buses are used as an alternative
- Travelers who want to take the ferry to England cannot sail from IJmuiden to Newcastle on Sunday. The departure Monday from Newcastle to IJmuiden has also been canceled
Regional
- Two trees fell on the busy Schenkviaduct in the center of The Hague
- At the embassy of South Africa on the Wassenaarseweg in The Hague, a large pine tree fell on a moving car. The passengers were released with a fright
- In Rotterdam, building materials and scaffolding parts were blown onto the road on ‘s-Gravendijkwal. The road is closed
- The Rotterdam municipality has closed the Kralingse Bos because of the storm
- On the Pier of Scheveningen, eighteen gondolas of the Ferris wheel have been disconnected as a precaution
- The Houtribdijk (N307) between Enkhuizen and Lelystad is closed for freight traffic and vehicles with trailers
Animal parks
- Amersfoort Zoo remained closed on Sunday
- Ouwehands Zoo on the Grebbeberg in Rhenen advised visitors not to come to the zoo from 2 p.m.
- Artis closed at 2 p.m.
- On Saturday Blijdorp reported in Rotterdam that the zoo would close as a precaution at 2 p.m.
- Wildlands Adventure Zoo in Emmen announced on Sunday around 3:30 pm that the park will close because it is safer for animals, visitors and employees
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On Veldlaan, Angelso district in Emmen, a tree fell on a car as a result of the storm. Nobody was injured.
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“The storm is indeed a bit stronger than expected,” says Yannick Damen of Weeronline. “On drilling platforms in the North Sea, wind speeds are measured up to wind force eleven. It was expected that the wind force would be ten. ”Damen does not consider the chance that it will actually become a“ very severe storm ”on the coast and on the mainland. “There is a chance that the wind speed is approaching the eleven or maybe even over it. But I don’t expect average wind speeds that also make it a very severe storm officially. ”During the afternoon and evening, the rest of the country gets a chance of even stronger gusts of wind. “We were expecting up to one hundred and thirty kilometers per hour this evening, but we are already committed to those values.”
On Vlieland, between 12.00 and 13.00, the average wind force was 10. The heaviest gust of wind on the island had a speed of 129 kilometers per hour. That is the heaviest gust of wind that has been measured on land during this storm in the Netherlands.
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Code orange
The code orange applies to Noord-Holland and the Wadden. This means that there is a high risk of dangerous or extreme weather, with the risk of damage, injury or excessive nuisance. The first storm that has ever been given a name in our country.
It is possible that the wind on the western Wadden and along the coast of Noord-Holland will reach wind force 11 later on Sunday afternoon. There is a chance of very strong gusts of wind up to 130 km per hour.
The heavy storm continues on the coast until the beginning of the evening, when showers with very strong gusts of wind of approximately 130 kilometers per hour pass. After that the storm disappears, but it remains turbulent.
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Boom turns around and ends up in a moving car in Groningen
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National storm
Incidentally, the definition refers to a national storm, even if the storm force is only really achieved in the coastal areas. “Wind is always very local in the Netherlands,” says Damen. “The last time it exceeded nine in the interior was in January 2018 and it was ten years before that. But for many people in the interior it will also feel like a real storm. “
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At the embassy of South Africa on the Wassenaarseweg in The Hague, a large pine tree fell on a moving car.
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“We expect the height of the storm between six and ten in the evening,” says Damen. “That matches the expectations of the past few days. The highlight will be on that rain line that will cross the country later today, if we can get gusts of wind at 130 kilometers per hour. ”
Animal parks are closed and events are canceled. Amsterdam parks are closing as a precaution and Schiphol is scrapping around 120 flights. Look here what measures taken to outsmart the storm.
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First damage reports
In the meantime reports of damage are coming from all over the country. In Pijnacker in South Holland, for example, a large piece of roof of a house was blown away when the storm caught hold on the roof covering of a dormer window. Branches of trees blow in coastal areas and in several places even entire trees are blown down.
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As expected, it will storm all day, until it slowly starts to decrease towards the end of the evening.
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Especially on dikes and bridges, traffic will suffer from the strong wind. Driving with an empty truck or trailer is not wise, Weeronline warns.
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