The Netherlands: Storm Ciara may bring gale-force winds and rain on Sunday

There is a strong
chance that the Dutch coast may be hit by a winter storm this weekend –
and Ciara is the first named Atlantic storm to head across the North Sea
to the Netherlands.

Storm Ciara will first batter Britain and then head to the Netherlands,
reaching the coast with winds of up to 100kph on Sunday or Sunday
evening.

The storm is ‘not yet a certainty’ and the Netherlands will miss the
worst of it, but conditions will at least be very blustery for a few
days, Weerplaza meteorologist Wilfred Janssen said.

Read more at DutchNews.nl:

There is a strong
chance that the Dutch coast may be hit by a winter storm this weekend –
and Ciara is the first named Atlantic storm to head across the North Sea
to the Netherlands.

Storm Ciara will first batter Britain and then head to the Netherlands,
reaching the coast with winds of up to 100kph on Sunday or Sunday
evening.

The storm is ‘not yet a certainty’ and the Netherlands will miss the
worst of it, but conditions will at least be very blustery for a few
days, Weerplaza meteorologist Wilfred Janssen said.

Read more at DutchNews.nl:

There is a strong chance that the Dutch coast may be hit by a winter storm this weekend – and Ciara is the first named Atlantic storm to head across the North Sea to the Netherlands. Storm Ciara will first batter Britain and then head to the Netherlands, reaching the coast with winds of up to 100kph on Sunday or Sunday evening.

The storm is ‘not yet a certainty’ and the Netherlands will miss the worst of it, but conditions will at least be very blustery for a few days, Weerplaza meteorologist Wilfred Janssen said.

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The Netherlands: Winds of up to 115 kph hit the Netherlands, more tonight - DutchNews.nl

Winds gusting at up to 115 kph battered the west and north of the Netherlands on Tuesday night and the emergency services were called out to deal with numerous reports of damage. Commuters are being warned to be careful of branches on the roads on Wednesday morning.

The KNMI weather bureau withdrew its code orange storm warning around 04.00 but said more stormy weather is expected on Wednesday night. Some lanes of the A28 were closed after a tanker carrying pig fat was blown over, news agency ANP said. The fat made the road slippery and has to be cleared up before the roads can reopen. Train travel was also disrupted for a time in some places.

A tree has blocked the track between Gouda and Alpen aan den Rijn and the number of sprinter trains between Amsterdam, Schiphol airport and Utrecht has been reduced because of problems with the electricfication system.

In the Groningen town of Noordlaren, a tree crashed into a moving car but the driver was only slightly hurt, broadcaster Nos said. In Zandaam, 450 refugees had to be moved to a sports centre because the marquees they currently live in were not thought to be strong enough to resist the storm.

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