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5 Things You Should Know About The First Westerstorm of 2018 Posted by Sten on Jan 5, 2018
In the last few days, we had some bad weer (weather) in the Netherlands. It is a country infamous for its rain and wind, but this was different. Actually, it was a storm so bad, that the term noodweer (“emergency weather”, severe weather) was used. What was going on? Find out below. 1. Windsnelheden boven 140 kilometer per uur!…
Record-High Rainfalls in the Netherlands Posted by Sten on Jul 29, 2014
Yesterday, the Netherlands was hit by a huge storm with severe rainfall. A weeralarm (weather alert) in the stage code oranje (code orange) was announced in the provinces Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Noord-Brabant and Utrecht. This means that there is a chance of extraordinary weather coming with a greater chance of schade en ongevallen (damage and accidents). This turned out to be more than…