The national meteorology institute has issued a “code red” storm warning to residents of the Noord-Holland province, which includes Amsterdam. The capital city’s Schiphol airport cancelled more than 300 flights and train operators NS and Arriva halted all services in the country’s north.
Millions of people across the Netherlands have been warned to stay indoors as a rare summer storm hit the Dutch coast, killing at least two people and severely disrupting air and rail travel.
The country’s national meteorology institute has issued its highest “code red” storm warning to residents of the Noord-Holland province, which includes Amsterdam.
It urged them not to leave their homes and to reserve emergency service numbers for life-threatening situations.
A woman in the town of Haarlem was killed when a tree fell on a car, a police spokesperson said.
Local broadcaster AT5 said two people were also injured in Amsterdam when trees fell on their cars. A tree also fell on a houseboat moored in one of the city’s historic canals.
