From fallen trees to a collapsed roof of a riding school: the heavy rain and thunderstorms caused quite a bit of nuisance in our province on Thursday afternoon. The KNMI had announced code orange at the start of the day. That changed to code yellow around four o’clock.
Many people from Brabant sent images of the storm damage in their area. So many trees were blown down. On Dillenburgstraat in Eindhoven, for example, a tree fell on top of a shop. No one was injured.
Trees also fell on the Piet Heinlaan in Breugel and on De Ronde in Best. In Best the tree fell on top of a car. The fire brigade sawed the tree into pieces and the car was towed away.
De Brink in Sint Anthonis even had three fallen trees in a row. Many local residents came to see and take pictures of the damage.
Sam Dielemans had to flee this Thursday afternoon for the suddenly emerging storm. Literally. “Suddenly we saw a gigantic sand cloud coming our way. We ran to Strijp-S station in Eindhoven. It was blowing so hard that it even hurt a bit,” says Sam. “After a few minutes it also started to rain super hard and we got completely soaked.”
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From flooded houses to a burning roof after a lightning strike: view here several images of the storm damage in our province:
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In Son en Breugel, the roof of a riding school collapsed on Thursday afternoon. A horse got trapped. The fire brigade is busy saving the horse.
On Geldropseweg in Eindhoven, a bus shelter collapsed under the storm.
The storm hit several homes. That’s how Annemarie came home to a mess.
Gerry’s house in Etten-Leur also had to suffer. A leak can be seen on her ceiling.
At Bianca’s, the entire kitchen is flooded after water came up through her washing machine.
According to Brigitte, a dixie was blown into a car. The car got a big dent.
In addition to the damage, the storm also provided beautiful pictures. Many people from Brabant recorded the storm from their safe hiding place. For example, Sabine managed to photograph a lightning bolt in Son en Breugel.
Letitia also captured a lightning bolt, in Breda.
Marc and Otto both had a beautiful view of the approaching shower in Eindhoven.
In the village of Ulicoten in Baarle-Nassau the storm clouds were so dark that it seemed for a while as if it was night.
And in Elsendorp, the storm produced this beautiful picture.
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