Jan 9, 2024 at 11:10 AM Update: 24 minutes ago The Markermeer has reached a historically high water level between Hoorn and Amsterdam in recent days. The water level was 45 centimeters above NAP and in some places even higher. That has never happened before, reports the Hollands Noorderkwartier Water Board. The level has been … Read more
Jan 8, 2024 at 9:18 PM Update: an hour ago The water level in a watercourse on the Stuwweg in Maastricht has dropped so much that a number of houseboats have partially or completely sunk into the silt. A spokesperson for Rijkswaterstaat said this on Monday evening. By closing an emergency dam, no new water … Read more
Jan 8, 2024 at 7:06 PM Update: 24 minutes ago The KNMI warns of a low perceived temperature on Tuesday morning in the east of the country. Due to moderate frost and a cold wind, the perceived temperature there is around -15 degrees. That is why the KNMI has issued code yellow for Gelderland and … Read more
Jan 8, 2024 at 3:21 PM Update: 6 minutes ago After weeks of high water, the end seems to be in sight. The Maas is back to winter level, the Rhine is sinking further and drainage from the IJsselmeer is going well. “But of course that water does not just leave the Netherlands,” says a … Read more
Jan 8, 2024 at 12:06 Update: 22 minutes ago Strong easterly winds will cause a new high water peak on the Markermeer at the beginning of the evening on Monday, the municipality of Hoorn reports. The rising water may be even higher than on Sunday morning, when there was also a peak. The fire brigade … Read more
Jan 8, 2024 at 9:42 AM Update: 34 minutes ago The first ice rinks in the Netherlands opened their doors to skating fans on Monday morning. This concerns the ice rinks in Doorn, De Lier and Ammerstol. There has been a lot of skating going on at the Doornsche Ice Club since 8:00 am. According … Read more
Jan 8, 2024 at 5:07 am This week the judge is looking at problems surrounding the registration center in Ter Apel. The municipality of Westerwolde wants the agreements made to be fulfilled again. This “unworkable situation” in the asylum seeker center is also felt in Ter Apel itself. In brief The court in Groningen will … Read more
Jan 7, 2024 at 5:36 PM Update: 19 minutes ago The two Defense Chinook helicopters have finished dumping large quantities of heavy boulders on a damaged dam in Maastricht. On Saturday and Sunday the helicopters brought large quantities of stones and partially closed a hole in the dam. A spokesperson for Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) said on … Read more
Jan 6, 2024 at 7:29 PM Update: 6 hours ago The police arrested a fifth suspect on Friday for assaulting officers during New Year’s Eve in Nieuw-Beijerland. It concerns a seventeen-year-old boy from that town, the police reported on Saturday evening. Earlier this week, a 19-year-old man and two twenty-year-old men from the South Holland … Read more
Jan 6, 2024 at 10:55 PM Update: 6 minutes ago The Defense Chinook helicopters will also continue on Sunday with closing a dam in Maastricht. The Chinooks have been flying with bags of stones to the broken dam on the Stuwweg since Saturday morning. Rijkswaterstaat hopes this will reduce the flow rate. According to the … Read more