Code Yellow Weather Warning News Today

For at least the third time this week, Dutch meteorological office KNMI issued a severe weather warning for the Netherlands. The latest Code Yellow Weather Warning covers the entirety of the Netherlands for most of Friday and Saturday."Some heavy thunderstorms will approach the southeast of our country on Friday morning. In the afternoon these thunderstorms will spread further over the country," the KNMI wrote in an alert.

One person was killed and several others were hurt in a multi-vehicle traffic accident on Friday night in Rucphen, Noord-Brabant. Separately, one person was killed and other passengers were hurt when a car careened off a Gouda road and rolled over into water. Another rollover accident in Gelderland also left a 72-year-old woman dead.

A cyclist who was likely blown from his bike during Storm Henk on Tuesday night died from his injuries early Wednesday morning, police said. The 75-year-old man was biking in his hometown of Wintelre, Noord-Brabant, at a time when some of the strongest wind gusts were recorded. "We are of the belief that the strong wind played a role in the victim's fall," police said in a brief statement. There were no other vehicles involved in the accident at around 10:20 p.m. on Groenstraat in...

Meteorologists in the Netherlands increased the severity of their weather warning for Storm Henk, the first storm to hit the Netherlands in 2024. The updated alert noted that the storm will bring gusts of wind at up to 120 kilometers per hour from out of the west. A Code Yellow Weather Warning was initially issued for most of the Netherlands. That was raised to the more severe Code Orange warning for the provinces of Noord-Holland and Friesland, as well as the Wadden Islands and the IJsselmeer a...

The first storm of the year is expected to strike the Netherlands on Tuesday night with wind speeds reaching 110 kilometers per hour. Storm Henk was expected to first pummel most of England and Wales with strong wind and rainfall late on Tuesday afternoon, before crossing the North Sea and hitting the Netherlands.

People celebrating New Year's Eve in the Netherlands may face rather unpleasant weather when they ring in 2024. Dutch meteorological office KNMI predicted average sustained winds ranging from about 30 to 40 kilometers per hour with consistent precipitation on both New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.