Flooding due to heavy showers, train traffic disrupted in Limburg

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NOS News•today, 8:46 PM•Amended today, 9:17 PM

This evening there will be nuisance in various places in the country due to thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail. In Limburg, train traffic has been disrupted and several streets are flooded.

The KNMI had issued code yellow in the afternoon for the provinces of North and South Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Flevoland, Gelderland, North Brabant and Limburg.

Venlo is experiencing serious flooding due to heavy showers. Several streets, including in the center, are flooded. According to regional broadcaster L1, people are standing in water up to their knees. In addition, water runs into buildings. There is also flooding in other places, including in Kerkrade, Valkenburg and Voorthuizen (Gelderland).

Flooding due to heavy rain, streets are flooded

The NS reports that no trains are running between Weert and Roermond due to a lightning strike. Fewer trains run between Sittard and Maastricht due to flooding. The NS expects the trains to run normally again from 11 p.m.

There is water on the road on several highways. The A2 towards Eindhoven is closed between the Kruisdonk junction and Meerssen due to flooding. There is also flooding on the A67 near Venlo and the A79 near Klimmen.

The fire brigade in Limburg-Noord calls on people not to call the emergency services in case of flooding in their basement or home due to the large crowds.

A large fire raged in a house with a thatched roof in the Brabant village of Lierop. According to the fire brigade, the fire may have been caused by lightning. No one was injured, but the house was completely destroyed, according to Omroep Brabant. Shelter has been arranged for the residents.

Lightning also struck two trees in the Brabant village of Landhorst. The trees then fell over the road. A bus and a camper were damaged.

Large hailstones fell in Ede in Gelderland: