One person died during the storm that swept through the Netherlands on the night of Friday to Saturday. A tree fell on a car in the Drenthe village of ‘t Haantje. The police reported this on Saturday via X. Emergency services were of no avail, a 25-year-old woman from Joure died on the spot.
There are trees and branches on the roads and railways in several places in the country on Saturday morning. This means that fewer or no trains can run on a number of routes. The Utrecht safety region, among others, received information in the night from Friday to Saturday many notifications of storm damage. This would involve fallen trees, loose roof parts and blown branches.
The heavy thunderstorm that swept over the Netherlands was accompanied by strong gusts of wind and a lot of rain. The KNMI therefore issued the code yellow weather advice on Friday. In the provinces of South Holland, Utrecht and Zeeland, code orange was in effect for several hours.
Wedding
Twente also had to deal with many reports of storm damage, reports the security region. Around 2 a.m. there were 170 reports. The fire brigade had to be called in in about thirty cases, often due to fallen trees. A stream broke through at a water tower in Bels in Mander. At that time a wedding took place, flooding the entire site. The 150 guests could all be brought to safety. However, a catering building suffered extensive water damage, according to the safety region.
In Groningen, the severe weather caused gas leaks and damage to homes in a number of places, reports the security region. Several roads were closed, but most main roads were passable again around 3 a.m., the safety region reports. A festival in Julianadorp in North Holland has been canceled due to storm damage. The event “cannot take place in a safe and responsible manner”, says the organization of the Julianadorp festival, where S10, Van Dik Hout and Ronnie Flex, among others, would perform.
The summer weather continues on Saturday, with temperatures up to thirty degrees. However, there will be no heavy thunderstorms. It may rain heavily locally on Sunday.