The coat of missing Yoran Krol (16) from Sleeuwijk was found in the Merwede river near Papendrecht. The police say this happened on Friday afternoon after a tip-off. An extensive search will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday to help find the boy. He was last seen on the 24th of December at 00:30 a.m. at a youth center in the neighboring Almkerk. His bike was later found on the Merwedebrug, which is around ten kilometers away.
The Rhine River will reach its highest level on Sunday near Lobith, Gelderland, where the river enters the Netherlands from Germany. It will be the fourth high water peak observed since November 22. It is extremely rare that such high water levels are measured in Lobith in a relatively short period of time.
The highest water level of the Rhine River in Lobith will be reached on Sunday. The water level in the Gelderland village, where the river enters the Netherlands, is somewhat lower than what infrastructure agency Rijkswaterstaat expected. The river will reach a peak of about 14.35 meters above the NAP Amsterdam sea level, which is about 15 centimeters lower than the peak observed just before New Year's Eve, the agency said.
The National Coordination Flood Threat Committee (LCO) of Rijkswaterstaat sprung into action on Thursday due to expected high water levels along the coast, the IJsselmeer, and on the major rivers. Such a situation is rare, according to Rijkswaterstaat. The storm surge barriers, Hollandse IJsselkering in Zuid-Holland and the Haringvlietsluizen, are set to close on Thursday evening. The Ramspolkering in the IJssel near Kampen is likely to close later.