The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) has code orange in the west, center and north of the Netherlands issued until Monday 12:00 noon. In the rest of the country, code yellow applies until Tuesday. The KNMI warns in particular of slippery conditions and snowfall during the morning rush hour: 3 to 5 centimeters of snow may fall in the west, center and north of the country on Monday morning.
Rijkswaterstaat advises motorists around Utrecht no longer have to use the highway during the morning rush hour. “We see the highways around Utrecht getting stuck.”
In addition warns Rijkswaterstaat for a busy Monday morning rush hour with “dangerous driving conditions” due to snowfall and freezing of parts of the road. “That is why we call on motorists to give the gritters and snow plows space and not to overtake them.”
The NS expected also ‘inconvenience’ in the train services due to the winter weather. Disruptions have already been reported on fifteen routes this morning – including between Amsterdam and Enkhuizen, Amersfoort and Deventer and Lelystad and Zwolle. Schiphol has already canceled 450 flights on Monday due to the weather, reports the ANP news agency.
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