SPSMediaCars had been flooded as much as their headlights on the A1 close to De Lutte yesterday
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The A1 and A35 close to Hengelo and Enschede are open to site visitors once more. The highways had been closed in each instructions yesterday night as a result of there was water on the highway floor, however they had been reopened this morning.
Solely the on- and off-ramps of the N735 close to De Lutte, which connect with the A1, are nonetheless closed because of flooding, ANWB studies.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms induced inconvenience final evening. The A1 and A35 had been partly flooded and vehicles that had gotten caught within the water on the A1 needed to be towed away, the regional broadcaster studies East.
Analysis
Rijkswaterstaat has began an investigation into the way it may occur that the water remained on the freeway. “We’re going to look into whether or not there’s a particular trigger, aside from the intense rainfall,” a spokesperson instructed NOS.
In whole, 4 vehicles needed to be towed. The vehicles had been eliminated by eradicating a part of the guardrail. The water was sucked away by a contractor. The freeway was reopened round 4:30 AM.
Issues in Doetinchem
Other than the motorways, there have been additionally issues in Enschede, Losser, Doetinchem and Oldenzaal. For instance, the doorway to the emergency division (ER) of the Slingeland Hospital in Doetinchem was flooded.
As a result of flooding, the ER was closed for a number of hours. Round 23:00, the emergency room was open once more. Elsewhere within the metropolis, the roof of a enterprise constructing collapsed. The roof collapsed below the load of the massive quantity of rainwater.
In Overijssel, highways had been flooded:
Rainwater flows over A1 after heavy showers
