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The KNMI has for the western and northern provinces code orange released. There will be some rain tonight, which can make it dangerously slippery. It can also be locally slippery in other parts of the country. Rijkswaterstaat says salt spreaders are used, but road users need to be careful.
Reports of slipperiness come in particular from the provinces of North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht, Flevoland, Friesland and Groningen. In some places, the streets have turned into an ice rink. In Kortenhoef, near Hilversum, a off road car. in Delft cane a car hit a wall due to slipperiness and in Zoetermeer a car ended up in a ditch.
It can get slippery in the southwest as well late in the evening. According to the KNMI, the slipperiness will continue until the end of the morning.
Slipperiness leads to crowds in some hospitals. For example, many people who have fallen head over heels arrive at the emergency room of HMC Westeinde in The Hague, he reports Transmission in the West. According to the broadcaster, the emergency services are also busy with road accidents due to slippery conditions.
