The Hague - Amsterdam's busy Schiphol airport was Wednesday battening down for a severe storm, with dozens of flights already cancelled or facing delays.
Meteorologists have warned that much of the country will be hit on Thursday by strong westerly winds gusting up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) an hour.
At one of Europe's busiest airhubs, officials warned passengers that "air traffic to and from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will experience disruptions as a result of stormy weather on Thursday, 18 January".
#Storm #Roof #NoRoof pic.twitter.com/pQhJGGkgC2
— Shandy den Os (@ShandyDenOs) January 18, 2018
Storm! #storm pic.twitter.com/2VTfbHHXuW
— Kris De Meester (@KrikkeDM) January 18, 2018
Daar gaat weer wat handel omver 😥 #terminal #storm pic.twitter.com/OVjoKS9wcX
— RichardHoogeveen.nl (@RichardMaasdijk) January 18, 2018
Het is er druk in het land met #storm #ridderkerk #Geerlaan #brandweer. #boom omgevallen pic.twitter.com/yzRXezTniu
— Wijkagent Ridderkerk Oost, 't Zand, Industrie (@Pol_Prins) January 18, 2018
Daar gaat 'ie, de boom... #storm
Gemeente #Roosendaal was binnen twee minuten ter plaatse om de weg vrij te maken. pic.twitter.com/vNiaSEisIe
— Harro Ranter ✈ (@harro) January 18, 2018
@GemeenteHsum gevel van mijn buurman op Havendwarsstraat is net naar beneden gekomen. Het torentje wiebelt ook. #storm pic.twitter.com/uoLp547lpd
— Nelleke Degenhart (@Nelleked) January 18, 2018
Boom op de weg. #politie #storm #alkmaar #kasteellaan #oudorp pic.twitter.com/1b8SMgxOwk
— Isa Schipper (@IsaSchipper) January 18, 2018
KLM said it was cancelling 220 flights -- 110 departing within Europe and 110 returning -- as runway capacity will be "severely limited" and "heavy winds will also make it impossible to continue ground handling operations" between 0900 GMT and 1100 GMT.
Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest airhubs, has also secured all free-standing equipment and halted all maintenance work.
The national NS train service meanwhile cautioned that fewer trains will be running, as the national weather office warned parts of the northeast could be hit by snow.