On Monday, one person died and nine were injured in the coastal town of Zieriksee in the southwest of the Netherlands due to a cyclone.
This phenomenon, the first of its kind to cause deaths in three decades, occurred at the beginning of the tourist season in that city and left behind the effects of destruction, with the uprooting of rooftops and the cutting of trees.
“someone died”Zeeland regional officials said.
They added that one wounded man was taken to hospital, while eight paramedics received immediate assistance.
“The damage is significant on several streets in Zierikzee. In addition to the tiles and fallen trees, they added that the roofs of four houses were uprooted.
Police said the fatal victim was a 73-year-old tourist from Wassenaar, near The Hague.
“Violent whirlpools are rare in our country.”
Zierikzee, located on one of the islands that make up the province of Zeeland, has a historic harbor and a 15th-century tower among its tourist attractions.
The Netherlands, whose land is above sea level, is extremely vulnerable to extreme weather events, the Netherlands Meteorological Agency said, but the last cyclone to cause deaths was in 1992.
“Violent whirlpools, also known as tornadoes, are rare in our country,” according to the KNMI website.
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