The Hague — Dutch insurers said on Friday that fierce storms that whipped across The Netherlands caused €90m in devastation. The country’s train service was slowly creaking back into gear after the storm. "The January storm that raged across our country yesterday caused considerable damage," the Dutch Association of Insurers said. "According to our first estimates, the damage to homes and cars is at least €90m," it said, cautioning that it had not yet added in the cost of any havoc to businesses, government buildings and the agriculture sector. The Netherlands bore the early brunt of Thursday’s severe winter storms, which blew in with winds of up to 140km/h off the North Sea. It then barrelled across northern Europe, leaving nine people, including two firefighters, dead. The Dutch railway service, NS, cancelled all trains on Thursday, stranding thousands of commuters and travellers. On Friday morning, many trains were running again although railway staff were still busy clearing awa...
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