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Cold Snap Triggers Holiday Surge of Emergencies Across Dutch Provinces

Restoration efforts kept essential services running despite freeze‑driven hazards.

Overview

  • Enexis restored electricity to roughly 80 postcodes in the Westerkwartier after an evening outage, with the cause still under investigation.
  • Train service between Meppel and Hoogeveen resumed once a stranded unit was removed, with normal timetables back from 22:15.
  • Rijkswaterstaat treated ice in and near tunnels, including the A12 Utrechtsebaan, the Gouwe-aquaduct and the Corbulotunnel, using de‑icing methods such as the Firestorm.
  • Police detained a 64-year-old man from Ede after he drove into a group following a relationship conflict, injuring three people including one seriously.
  • Emergency calls spanned deadly and damaging incidents, including a fatal crash on the N421 near Odijk, an apartment fire in Lelystad likely linked to a dryer, and a shared e‑scooter blaze that damaged a shop in Groningen.