At sea, the wind is stormy with a chance of storm force, Weeronline predicts. The day will start with rain in many places, but it is expected to become drier more gradually from the southwest. With 10 or 11 degrees it remains quite mild. In the late afternoon and in the evening the wind will increase in strength and showers will again move across the country.
“Whoever still has all kinds of loose items in the garden in the aftermath of Eunice would do well to clean them up today,” Weeronline advises. “Flying objects can cause new damage tonight. Loose branches can also blow out of trees and weakened trees that have just failed to die on Friday may still receive the fatal push.”
Code orange
The Irish weather service Met Éireann has meanwhile issued code orange, fulfilling the condition to name the storm. He is called Franklin. The weather services of Ireland, Great Britain and the Netherlands work together on storm names. If a code orange or red is issued for storm in one of those countries, the storm is given a name.
The name was chosen in memory of former NOS weather presenter Frank Kroonenberg. He worked at KNMI for over forty years and contributed to the creation of Meteoalarm, the international platform for weather warnings, and to the naming of storms.
The code orange applies to large parts of Ireland on Sunday and Monday. There is a warning for very strong gusts of wind. The wind, in combination with the high sea level, can cause flooding on the coast. The British Met Office has also issued code orange in Northern Ireland for the night from Sunday to Monday.
Code orange Belgian coastal regions
Code orange will be in effect in the Belgian coastal regions on Sunday evening from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. due to strong gusts of wind that are expected. The RMI reports that code yellow applies in the rest of the country.
Gusts of 100 to 125 kilometers per hour can occur in the coastal area on Sunday evening. Inland, the wind can also reach speeds of 120 kilometers per hour. This can be accompanied by thunder and hail. In the afternoon the wind speed can reach 90 kilometers per hour.
According to the weather service, the difference with storm Eunice is that the strongest gusts are of very short duration and occur locally, during showers. It will also remain turbulent on Monday with gusts of wind likely from 80 to 100 km per hour or locally a bit more.
Obstacle on the way
ANWB and Rijkswaterstaat warn people who take to the road on Sunday that they should take wind gusts and rain into account. Traffic can be hindered by the weather conditions, especially in the evenings.
“Due to storm damage, roads or parts of them can be closed, so keep a close eye on traffic information before you go on the road,” according to the ANWB. A spokesperson for Rijkswaterstaat adds that dangerous situations can arise due to driving rain, among other things. “Traffic also has to take into account that trees that just remained standing during the storm Eunice will receive the last push during the new storm.”
Flevowegen tweeted that the maximum speed on the Markerwaarddijk between Enkhuizen and Lelystad has been reduced to 70 kilometers per hour due to the strong wind. It is expected that a ban on trucks and trailers will have to be imposed there by the end of the afternoon.
The KNMI previously reported that during the day on Sunday it will be windy again with heavy wind gusts of 70 to 90 kilometers per hour in the coastal provinces, increasing for some time to 90 to 110 kilometers per hour in the evening. In the evening, wind gusts of 75 to 100 kilometers per hour can also occur inland. The KNMI has therefore declared code yellow for the entire country.
On Friday and in the night from Friday to Saturday, storm Eunice passed over the Netherlands. It caused major damage and nuisance in almost the entire country.
Injury
Insurers, glaziers, plumbers and roofing companies say they experience peak traffic everywhere due to the large number of requests for emergency assistance for damage. Police, hospitals and fire brigade were already working overtime, just like the emergency service of the ANWB.
Insurer Univé reported on Saturday that it received €3.5 million in damage claims as a result of storms Eunice and Dudley, she estimates. According to Univé, this amount will increase. With more than 600,000 fire policies for households, Univé controls a significant part of the market.
The umbrella organization Verbond van Verzekeraars says, if requested, that it can provide an initial total amount of that damage for the Netherlands on Sunday or Monday morning.