One person has been killed and about 10 others injured as a "weak tornado" ripped through a fishing town in the southern Netherlands, tearing the roofs off at least four houses and sending cafe furniture flying through the streets.
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Video posted on social media showed a waterspout close to the town.
"There is, sadly, one fatality to mourn as a result of the whirlwind," Veilig Zeeland, the organisation that co-ordinates emergency response in the region, said in a statement.
"In addition, the first assessment is around 10 injured."
Dutch weather website Weerplaza described the storm as a "weak tornado," a combination of a tornado and a waterspout, and said such events happen a few times each year in the Netherlands.
The organisation urged people to stay out of the area as the clean-up got underway in the town with 10,000 residents about 140km southwest of Amsterdam.
"In addition to roof tiles flying around and knocked-down trees, the roofs have been blown off four homes," the organisation said.
A storm front crossed the Netherlands from south to north on Monday, dumping heavy rain on parts of the country.
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