FSP - Microcosm News- Earth Watch Report: Extreme Weather - Netherlands, [Oosterscheldekering Region] / Denmark, [Jutland-wide]

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Extreme Weather - Netherlands, [Oosterscheldekering Region] / Denmark, [Jutland-wide]

Earth Watch Report - Extreme Weather

Dutch cancel flights as storm looms
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Extreme Weather

Netherlands

[Oosterscheldekering Region]

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Extreme Weather in Netherlands on Thursday, 05 December, 2013 at 14:37 (02:37 PM) UTC.

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The Netherlands braced for the storm by closing water barriers that protect the low-lying country from high tides. The Oosterscheldekering in the south-western delta region of the country was being closed to protect the land behind it for the first time since 2007. National carrier KLM cancelled dozens of flights to European airports as a precaution.

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Extreme Weather

Denmark

[Jutland-wide]

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Extreme Weather in Denmark on Thursday, 05 December, 2013 at 14:46 (02:46 PM) UTC.

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Storm surges were feared Thursday off the coast of Jutland in western Denmark, the Danish weather service DMI said. DMI also forecast hurricane-force gales would sweep across the country. Danish train operator DSB said it would reduce traffic on its local and regional train routes. The move was to avoid trains being stranded on tracks because of severed power lines and to reduce the risk of being hit by falling trees or debris. Western and southern Norway were also bracing for the pending storm.

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Extreme Weather in Denmark on Thursday, 05 December, 2013 at 14:46 (02:46 PM) UTC.

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Updated:	Friday, 06 December, 2013 at 18:00 UTC
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In western Denmark the 72-year-old female passenger of a truck died when the vehicle overturned in howling winds.

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Dutch cancel flights as storm looms

Updated: 09:25, Thursday December 5, 2013

Dutch national carrier KLM says it has scrapped 84 flights to and from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after forecasters sounded a 'code orange' extreme weather warning.The Netherlands is preparing for heavy storms on Thursday with surging tides and winds predicted to gust up to 130km/h in places in the north.In the south, the landmark Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier has been closed off for the first time in six years, public broadcaster NOS reported.'As a result of the extreme weather expected, we have cancelled 84 flights to and from Amsterdam,' KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) spokesman Joost Ruempol told AFP.'These are flights going to and coming in from across the continent,' he added.Inter-continental flights will go ahead as scheduled, but travellers flying KLM to European destinations are advised to check for regular updates on the airline's website, Ruempol said.

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