ROME. She is alert in the Netherlands and Belgium for the arrival of storm Eunice, which is already lashing the UK and Ireland. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, the KNMI, has announced that parts of the Netherlands will be in code red as the storm approaches. Wind gusts of up to 130 km / h are expected. Hundreds of flights were canceled at Schiphol. Stop the trains in the afternoon. This was reported by the Belgian agency, stating that in Belgium, the Royal Meteorological Institute has issued an orange alert.
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Due to the strong gusts of wind, rail traffic has been suspended at this time in a part of Flanders, where many schools have been closed. The coast tram was stopped for the entire route. Arrangements for shuttles. Consequences also on air traffic. At Brussels airport, some flights to Manchester in the UK and Schiphol in the Netherlands have been canceled. The port of Zeebrugge has temporarily suspended its activities: boats can no longer enter it and trucks can no longer circulate on the docks.
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In the evening, the peak of the passage of the storm is expected, which has meanwhile caused a serious injury in Belgium, in West Flanders, where an 18-year-old jogging was hit by a fall of a tree branch. The storm started sweeping the Netherlands in the early afternoon with gusts of wind just before 3 above 120km / h recorded near Scheveningen. Hundreds of calls to the fire brigade, especially for parts of roofs blown off by the wind, fallen branches or trees and electrical cables. Rail traffic in West Flanders has been stopped. The Dutch railway companies had already announced the interruption of the service this afternoon yesterday, for fear that objects fallen on the line could cause accidents. The expectation is that before 9 this evening the gusts can reach up to 150 km / h on the Dutch north coast and in Flanders.
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