Thursday, August 13, 2015

Much discomfort caused by heavy rains – Telegraaf.nl

AMSTERDAM –

The storms that Thursday reached the southwest of the Netherlands, withdrew during the night northwards. Thus, the A44 from Amsterdam to Den Haag had to exit Oude Wetering be closed because of a fallen tree

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Tilburg turned into a ghost town when the pitch-black sky arrived while the street lights are not burned. Tilburg turned into a ghost town when the pitch-black sky arrived while the street lights have not burned Photo:. Jan van Eijndhoven
Over Breda colored the air around 21:00 black Above Breda colored the sky around 21:00 Black Photo: Erald van der Aa

The problems with the storm began in the south, as in Bergen op Zoom. Since the fire brigade received many reports of flooding. In the area of ​​Roosendaal traffic also suffered from heavy rains. On the motorways A17 and A58 were motorists may not drive faster than 30 kilometers per hour, reported the Traffic Information Service (VID). On other roads in West Brabant and Zuid-Holland, there was disruption to traffic.



in Rotterdam

In the course of the evening, the area attracted bad weather further north. Just before 22:00 police in Rotterdam had already engulfed dozens of reports about include lightning, falling trees and accidents. The A20 had to Kleinpolderplein in Rotterdam in both directions closed for water on the roadway, reported Public Works

The A20 was closed because it was flooded Kleinpolderplein The A20 was closed because it Kleinpolderplein was flooded Photo: Roel Dijkstra

The heavy rainfall associated with hail , thunderstorms and heavy winds caused in parts of Belgium and northern France already much inconvenience. Streets were flooded and coastal Kortemark hit lightning in a moving train.



Thunderbolts

The storms caused 43,000 lightning discharges. There are also severe wind gusts measured and is in a strip of West-Brabant region in the Hague in many places more than 20 millimeters of rain fell. That left Weeronline.nl Thursday.

Lightning over Tilburg Lightning over Tilburg Photo: Jan van Eijndhoven

A lightning accompanied by thunder, although there is not always a lightning bolt visible

Wind Gust

. Flushing is measured a gust of 86 mph. In several places fell 30 to 50 millimeters of rain. Especially in Bergen op Zoom was a lot of water from the sky: there was more than 50 millimeters of rain. According to the weather office falls in the summer, usually once every ten years, so much rain in a place in the Netherlands.

The storm is moving towards the north of the country. Emergency services have received many reports of flooding in Brabant and The Hague region

The KNMI says The thunderstorm tonight decreases, but tomorrow there later in the day yet again a chance of thunderstorms in the country.

Look here for all the latest weather forecasts

Photo: Marcel van Dorst – Maric Media

Over Breda colored the sky around 21:00 black Above Breda colored the sky around 21:00 Black Photo: Erald van der Aa

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