Sunday code orange due to approaching storm | Interior

The KNMI speaks of a “turbulent Sunday with very strong gusts of wind in the afternoon and evening”.

The Dutch Railways scraps a few trains in North Holland. The football association holds consultations about being able to continue the amateur football and the games in the premier league.

KLM cancels flights

KLM canceled 40 European flights before Sunday due to the approaching storm Ciara. It concerns twenty inbound and twenty outbound flights at Schiphol, says a spokeswoman for the airline.

Schiphol previously announced that it was taking into account the nuisance caused by the storm. Schiphol advises travelers who travel via the national airport on Sunday or Monday to contact the airline with which they have booked. There may be a delay or flights may be canceled.

The heavy storm Ciara will cross the Netherlands on Sunday. According to weather agencies, the storm is accompanied by very strong gusts of wind. Schiphol states that this may result in fewer jobs being used. From a safety point of view there are rules for the strength of the crosswind at Schiphol. If there is a crosswind of 20 knots (10 meters per second) on one runway, air traffic control will assign pilots a different runway.

This can cause delays. “If the delays run too high, it may even be decided to cancel a number of flights.”

NS

The Dutch Railways will start tomorrow with the “scheduled timetable”. Only in Noord-Holland are a few trains scrapped around the height of the storm at 2 p.m. As a result, travelers have to change trains at Alkmaar station more often. “Partly because fewer trains are already running on Sunday, ProRail and NS have decided to start the planned timetable tomorrow morning,” said the railways. ,, That means that no adjusted storm timetable is set in advance. The safety of our travelers and colleagues is paramount. To do this, tomorrow we can – if necessary – cancel some journeys or temporarily stop train traffic in parts of the Netherlands in a controlled manner. ”Travelers are advised to monitor the weather forecast and to check the travel planner.

Rijkswaterstaat

Even on the road things can go pretty well. Rijkswaterstaat advises road users to “take dangerous driving conditions into account”. “In particular, empty trucks, drivers with a caravan, folding trailer or trailer are advised not to hit the road.”

Football

In the meantime, a knot has already been made in Belgium: all matches of the Jupiler Pro League and the Proximus League will not take place tomorrow due to the expected storm. The KNVB has not yet decided on the matches that are on the agenda in the Netherlands (FC Utrecht – Ajax, Sparta – ADO, FC Emmen – FC Twente and AZ Feyenoord). The match in Alkmaar in particular is salliant because the roof collapsed during the previous storm, which has since been removed.

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