Netherlands: Rare storm brings death, traffic chaos – DW – 07/05/2023
A violent summer storm swept across the Netherlands, severely affecting air and train traffic. At least one person died in the town of Haarlem.
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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