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
Jan 6, 2024 at 11:09 AM Update: 24 minutes ago Two Defense Chinook helicopters lowered the first nets full of stones onto a broken dam on the Stuwweg in Maastricht on Saturday morning. This should reduce the flow rate of the water and retain as much water as possible. Further on, a contractor and Defense … Read more
Jan 4, 2024 at 7:58 PM Update: an hour ago The bridge on the Stuwweg in Maastricht was in danger of collapsing after a houseboat collided with it on Thursday morning. Some debris has fallen off, but nothing more seems to have happened. The pillar in the middle under the bridge, which the houseboat rammed … Read more
Jan 4, 2024 at 10:26 AM Update: 19 minutes ago The bridge on the Stuwweg in Maastricht is in danger of collapsing after a houseboat collided with it on Thursday morning. The boat had become loose and swept away by the strong current. The collision caused one of the pillars in the middle of the … Read more
Jan 4, 2024 at 6:07 AM Update: 13 minutes ago A houseboat in Maastricht became loose in the night from Wednesday to Thursday and ended up against a bridge. This happened at the location where part of a dike was washed away on Wednesday. There was no one left in the houseboat. All houseboats between … Read more
Track88 NOS News•today, 4:07 PM•Adjusted today, 4:48 PM Part of a dike on the Stuwweg in Maastricht has been washed away. Rijkswaterstaat reports this. The water from the drainage canal therefore flows into the Maas. There is no danger to the environment. The water therefore washes away much faster than intended. According to a spokesperson … Read more
TVLDe bull in his lonely spot in the Meuse In association with L1mburg NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 09:05 A lonely bull that is completely surrounded by the Meuse water will have to fend for itself in the coming days. It is too dangerous for the fire brigade to help the animal. The Galloway bull is located in … Read more
ANP Christmas market on the Vrijthof in Maastricht in 2018 NOS News•today, 6:59 PM•Adjusted today, 8:43 PM The increased threat level in the Netherlands is reason for the municipalities of Maastricht and Valkenburg to take additional security measures. The municipalities organize major Christmas events every year. RAI event center in Amsterdam is also increasing security. … Read more
Dec 13, 2023 at 6:02 PM Update: a minute ago Valkenburg and Maastricht are taking extra safety measures at the Christmas markets. The Limburg municipalities are doing this because the national threat level was scaled up from level 3 to 4 on Tuesday. The increase in the threat level from “significant” to “substantial” means that … Read more
Dec 3, 2023 at 12:35 PM Update: 43 minutes ago A 32-year-old Belgian has been arrested after causing serious traffic disruption in Maastricht with his car on the night of Saturday to Sunday. He was heavily under the influence of alcohol. The man drove much too fast in the city center, against traffic and over … Read more