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Rijkswaterstaat throughout the Netherlands advised not to go on the road. Earlier, the department advised against driving from Amsterdam to The Hague because of the storm. ” That advice we are now slightly wider: Set the trip until the tempest is over and the roads are passable again made, ” said a spokeswoman
Netherlands is experiencing the gravity July storm since the beginning of. the measurements in 1901. On the west coast may be very severe wind gusts. In IJmuiden is measured around 14:00 wind speeds of 121 kilometers per hour.
At noon, there was official talk of a summer storm, “says Weather Online . A summer storm occurs when hourly average wind speed is 9. That speed was measured between 11:00 and 12:00.
It is the 25th official summer storm since 1901, according to the weather institute.
The KNMI warning for extreme weather, code orange, Saturday at the beginning of the afternoon, expanded to a larger part of the country. The warning now applies except for the provinces of Utrecht and Noord-Brabant also for the IJsselmeer and the Wadden Sea region and the provinces of Flevoland and Friesland.
In the eastern part of the country is code yellow force, which warns for severe weather
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Impact
The weather alarm is given because of the great impact the storm may have on public life. Because it is summer, there are plenty of outdoor activities, according to the KNMI. Even trees are in full leaf, making them much wind catch and can blow over.
From across the country come reports of storm damage. These are mainly trees that have fallen and thereby damage inflicted on homes, cars, gardens and streets.
Here and There, too, cladding and roofing fanned.
Gradient
The stormy winds from the southwest this afternoon pulls farther north along the west coast and will later infest the north coast. There will also be mainly in the eastern half of the country for some thunderstorms. Locally be associated with hail.
Only in the evening the weather is calmer. According to the KNMI takes until midnight before have disappeared in heavy winds in the eastern Wadden Sea area.
Events
The expected storm throws for various events spanner in the works.
The organization of Wonder Feel, a new classical music festival in the open air in ‘s Graveland, decided to delete the program Saturday. Earlier it was announced that the parade of the Summer Carnival in Rotterdam is canceled. The organization finds the expected stormy winds too great a risk for the dance party.
Also the music festivals Welcome to the Future, to be held in Twiske just outside Amsterdam and Amsterdam Live on Stage for that reason canceled.
The Parade in Utrecht has announced that the theater still will go on, though the weather hour by hour watched. But the tents are sturdy and storm-proof and moreover stand between buildings that strong winds will stop, said a spokeswoman
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Traffic
Rijkswaterstaat also pressed motorists with a caravan or trailer on the heart until at least 16:00 to drive to the coast . The service also highlights the additional risk for empty or lightly loaded trucks, where high winds better grip on than on heavily loaded trucks.
KLM precaution nearly thirty flights were scrapped at Schiphol.
Public transport
Also on the track there are problems with the summer storm. Around Amsterdam ride around 15:00 no trains. Between Maastricht and Sittard no trains because a tree is blown on the track. Also between Zaandam and Purmerend Where can no trains run by a fallen tree.
Amsterdam runs Saturday provisionally no tram. The entire tram traffic in the capital has been stopped because of the storm. That transport company GVB decided in consultation with the police. It is not yet known when the trams driving again. Buses and trains run well, and the ferries are not disturbed
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