Tag: KNMI
KNMI: Continued chance of northern lights in the coming nights
Charged particles from the sun are approaching our atmosphere at high speed. That creates a lot of energy in those charged particles. To get rid of that energy, they emit…
Code yellow due to dense fog, locally less than 200 meters visibility
Province of Utrecht – The KNMI has declared code yellow for the north, center and west of the country due to dense fog. Local visibility can therefore be less than…
70 years of flood disaster: Meteorologists in De Bilt warned of the storm with telex and telegrams
Today, the Netherlands reflects on the flood disaster of 1953. 1836 people died, tens of thousands of animals did not survive and large areas of Zeeland, North Brabant and South…
KNMI issues code yellow for the province of Utrecht due to slipperiness, in three provinces code orange
Province of Utrecht – The KNMI has declared code orange for three provinces due to treacherous slipperiness due to black ice. The warning from the weather institute in De Bilt…
Utrecht fire brigade warns of uncontrollable fires: ‘If we do nothing, there will be victims’
Happiness also looks at the fire service, because they also need to adapt to changing times. “The way we have fought wildfires in the past 20 to 30 years is…
Busiest morning rush hour since 2019 started early: accidents around Utrecht due to slipperiness
The early morning rush hour is probably related to the slippery roads: the KNMI issued code yellow for a large part of the country late last night. According to the…
Morning rush hour started early: accidents due to slipperiness
The early morning rush hour is probably related to the slippery roads: the KNMI issued code yellow for a large part of the country late last night. According to the…
Busy rush hour tomorrow due to wind gusts and rain: ‘Work at home if you can’
Utrecht – Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) expects a busier morning and evening rush hour tomorrow due to heavy rain and wind gusts. Because Thursdays are always busy on the roads, road users…
Code yellow on Wednesday evening due to a chance of strong winds and thunderstorms
The storms will move across our country from the west on Wednesday. The strongest wind is expected in the northwest, between 75 and 90 kilometers per hour. In the rest…
New Year’s Eve live blog: record sales of fireworks, less chance of State Lottery winnings
Today, 08:12 • 3 minutes reading time Province of Utrecht – One more day and the year 2022 is over. In this live blog an overview of the most important…