The storms on Thursday and early on Friday caused several problems in the south of the Netherlands, particularly in Limburg where a lightning strike caused a fire in a home. Mudslides and flooding also caused issues. There remains a chance of more rain showers this weekend when the Netherlands honors Remembrance Day on Saturday, and celebrates Liberation Day on Sunday.
Around 60 activists from organizations such as Extinction Rebellion (XR) protested against private jets at Maastricht Aachen Airport (MAA) on Saturday. These are currently mainly used by visitors to the international art fair TEFAF in Maastricht. According to XR, these private jets have a "disproportionately high environmental and climate impact".
THE frontier between France and Germany is one of the oldest, as well as one of the newest, problems of European politics. It is, from one point of view, as old as Caesar's Gallic wars and the Germanic invasions of the Roman Empire, as new as the treaty of Versailles, and even newer. Some elements in it are almost secular in their persistence, some are only of recent origin.
The first reports of disturbances and injuries due to Storm Ciarán are coming in. Most of the reports so far concern toppled trees, blown away branches, and dislodged roof tiles. A code orange has been declared in Zeeland, Zuid-Holland, Noord-Holland, and the Wadden area.