Storm Henk caused nuisance in many places in the Netherlands on Tuesday evening, reports the ANP news agency. The provinces of North Holland, Friesland, the IJsselmeer and the Wadden area still apply until at least 2 a.m. code orange due to heavy to very heavy wind gusts and the KNMI has issued code yellow for the rest of the country. In areas including IJmuiden and Vlissingen, an average wind force of 9 was measured for over an hour.
The fire brigade has been deployed in various parts of the country to remove fallen trees, train traffic has been disrupted on a number of routes and Rijkswaterstaat is warning road users to take dangerous situations into account. Reports of fallen trees and branches on the road have been reported, especially in the coastal provinces.
In Zaandam, a facade from a catering business was blown into a classic Zaandam building and in The Hague, five cars were damaged by a branch that blew out of a tree. In Vlissingen, the wall panel of a house came loose and a panel on a terrace was blown loose. The fire brigade in Amsterdam advises all residents to stay indoors and received ten reports of storm damage in a short time.
The Rotterdam-Rijnmond Safety Region has already informed Omroep Rijnmond dozens of reports to have received, among other things, solar panels that have blown away from the roof of an apartment building and parts of the facade of homes that have blown loose. Being in Meppel a parking lot and some gardens and garages flooded, reports RTV Drenthe.
Car and train traffic
Due to a malfunction at the Houtrib locks in Lelystad, the N307, the dike to Enkhuizen, was closed for some time and all traffic had to detour via Amsterdam.
They also rode there for a while on Tuesday evening no trains on the routes between Tiel and Geldermalsen and between Boxtel and Best, because trees had fallen on the track. And there were fewer trains on the HSL route between Rotterdam Central Station and Breda and between Alkmaar, Heerhugowaard and Den Helder.
During the course of the night, the wind gusts from the south will decrease again, the KNMI reports.