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Storm Henk came entered the Netherlands with authority on Tuesday night. Firefighters were dispatched in various parts of the country to remove trees blown down by the strong winds. Train traffic was also disrupted on a number of routes. Road users were warned to take dangerous situations into account.
For at least the sixth time recently, and the third time this week, a sea turtle that is rare to the Netherlands has washed up along the Dutch coast. Someone walking along the Vlissingen shoreline spotted a loggerhead sea turtle around 10 a.m. on Christmas Day. The turtle weighed 2.7 kilograms, and was covered in 1.3 kilograms of barnacles. The juvenile turtle was collected by sea animal rescue group RTZ Nederland, and brought to Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam.
State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen (Public Health) is concerned about the declining vaccination rate among children. Not only in Zeeland but "throughout the Netherlands we see this", said van Ooijen before the weekly Council of Ministers meeting. "Unfortunately, this is a trend. Much more needs to be done to increase vaccination rates. According to Van Ooijen, "We are now in really high-risk percentages".