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Trains have been halted in the northern Netherlands while Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one of Europe’s busiest airports, has cancelled or delayed hundreds of flights

Storm Poly, which raged across our country on Wednesday morning, is the first very severe summer storm ever to hit the Netherlands. It thus set a record as the heaviest summer storm ever measured, according to Weeronline. A wind gust of 146 kilometers per hour was measured in IJmuiden on Wednesday morning. So far, this is also the strongest wind gust ever recorded in the summer in the Netherlands.

A woman in Haarlem was badly injured after a tree fell on her car during Storm Poly on Wednesday morning. She later died from her injuries. Her death is the first known fatality linked to the storm, which brought wind gusts of up to 146 kilometers per hour to the Netherlands, and sustained winds that were record-breaking for a summer storm.

Amsterdams international airport cancelled and delayed numerous flights and Dutch railways ceased all trains due to the severe storm. The national meteorological institute declared a code red alert in three provinces because of the strong winds and heavy rain accompanying the storm. The summer storm named Storm Poly produced winds at a speed of 145 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour) on the coast west of Amsterdam.

A violent summer storm swept across the Netherlands, severely affecting air and train traffic. At least one person died in the town of Haarlem.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled at one of Europe's busiest air hubs and roads were blocked on Wednesday as the strongest summer storm on record slammed into the Netherlands.A gust of 146 kmh measured in IJmuiden was also the strongest ever recorded in the summer in the Netherlands, where the storm season is normally from October to April, it said. 

Two people were injured in Amsterdam when a tree fell on their car in separate, but similar incidents, a police spokesperson said. One incident happened on the Scheldestraat in the Rivierenbuurt, and the other on the Beethovenstraat in Amsterdam-Zuid. Trees were knocked over during Storm Poly elsewhere in the city, and in Noord-Holland. Trees fell at several points on one stretch of the A9, trapping people in their vehicles.

Airports in the UK including Heathrow, Manchester and Gatwick, are seeing lengthy delays for arrivals and departures to and from the Netherlands amid a strong storm on Wednesday

A rare and violent summer storm with winds of up to 146 km/h hit the Netherlands on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several, according to