Tag: cloudburst
Wettest May ever recorded: cloudburst, flooded streets and wet meadows
At first, spring seemed to be the second warmest, but that changed in recent days. The average temperature in spring was 11.8 degrees, breaking the 2007 record of 11.7 degrees.…
Woerden licks wounds after extreme cloudburst: ‘It happened within 2 seconds’
The swimming part might have been able to continue, but the severe weather in Woerden on Whit Monday was far too extreme for the triathlon. And so the event was…
Streets flooded and triathlon canceled after Woerden cloudburst
Bakker fears that the nuisance was not only caused by the heavy rainfall, but also by overdue maintenance of the sewers. The municipality of Woerden was not available for comment…