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European windstorm Kyrill is coming down hard on the North Sea region as Holland and Germany suffer most.
Holland is experiencing winds of up to 130km/h that have crippled the nation. Schiphol International Airport, Europe's 4th biggest, is suffering major delays. Heavy rainfall has caused large sections of the highway from Amsterdam to Utrecht to have disappeared into Lake Yssel and estuaries and the coastline is bracing itself for another twelve hours of enormous waves.
German authorities in the Northwestern part of the country have urged people to stay indoors. Throughout Holland and Germany, reports of flying debris, falling trees, collapsing buildings and regional flooding have been keeping emergency forces busy for most of the day while the centre of the storm has not even made landfall yet.
Ferries to the Frisian Islands have been forced to halt their services. The Dutch and German navies have been called in to assist the local population wherever they can but the governments warned the islands will mostly have to rely on themselves for the duration of the storm.
The Frisian coast on Thursday morning.
Kyrill is the second large storm to hit the region in the space of a week in what can only be described as abnormal climate conditions in a part of Europe where January is usually dominated by mild frost and clear blue skies.
Sources: De Volkskrant, VRT Nieuws, Die Zeit
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European windstorm Kyrill is coming down hard on the North Sea region as Holland and Germany suffer most.
Holland is experiencing winds of up to 130km/h that have crippled the nation. Schiphol International Airport, Europe's 4th biggest, is suffering major delays. Heavy rainfall has caused large sections of the highway from Amsterdam to Utrecht to have disappeared into Lake Yssel and estuaries and the coastline is bracing itself for another twelve hours of enormous waves.
German authorities in the Northwestern part of the country have urged people to stay indoors. Throughout Holland and Germany, reports of flying debris, falling trees, collapsing buildings and regional flooding have been keeping emergency forces busy for most of the day while the centre of the storm has not even made landfall yet.
Ferries to the Frisian Islands have been forced to halt their services. The Dutch and German navies have been called in to assist the local population wherever they can but the governments warned the islands will mostly have to rely on themselves for the duration of the storm.
The Frisian coast on Thursday morning.
Kyrill is the second large storm to hit the region in the space of a week in what can only be described as abnormal climate conditions in a part of Europe where January is usually dominated by mild frost and clear blue skies.
Sources: De Volkskrant, VRT Nieuws, Die Zeit
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There's a huge pine tree out my window that's looking suspicious... :undecide:
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