More snow on the way on Sunday

Sunday 10 January 2010

More snow is forecast for most of the country, and the severe weather warning remains in force, the KNMI weather bureau said on Sunday morning.

A number of roads in the north of the country have been closed because of the overnight blizzard in northern areas, as has the dyke road between Lelystad and Enkhuizen. Bus services in the northern regions have also been hit by delays and cancellations.

Roads in the middle and south of the country are affected by snow and black ice, the VID traffic organisation said.

DutchRail (NS) ran empty trains throughout Saturday night in an effort to keep the tracks free from ice and snow. The NS has been running reduced services since Saturday because of the weather warning.

Icebreakers have been brought in to keep shipping lanes clear.

Accidents

Three people were killed on Saturday afternoon when their car slid off the A224 in Gelderland and hit first a tree and then another car. The two people in the second car were taken to hospital.

Some 100,000 households in the coastal area north of Noordwijk were without power for some four hours on Saturday because of network problems. The power cut was not connected to excessive demand for electricity because of the wintry weather, a national grid spokesman said on Sunday.

A number of events have been cancelled because of the bad weather. Plans to hold a sleigh race in Groningen were cancelled for the third time on Sunday because the slippery roads and drifting snow had made it too dangerous to get to the city park where the event was scheduled to take place, the Telegraaf reports.

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