Drought, Heat, Low Water, and TBS (Tuesday, August 4)

The drought is causing problems in nature, agriculture, and shipping. Earlier investments are limiting the damage, say water managers. On Terschelling, Wetterskip Fryslân (Friesland Water Authority) is inspecting dikes more closely, and LTO (Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture) warns of fewer sugar beets.

In Brabant, including Eindhoven, the fourth heatwave was recorded on Monday. In the southeast, the temperature rose above 35 degrees Celsius. According to Weeronline (Weather Online), the record from 2020 is matched; the Groningen Four Days Marches will be shortened on Tuesday.

Due to low water, some ferries are not operating because mooring becomes more difficult. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management therefore opened the weir near Driel. For ships, little changes, but skippers are paying attention to shallow draft.

Nasrah Habiballah is the focus this week in interviews surrounding Zomergasten (Summer Guests). NRC (a Dutch newspaper) sees different perspectives, and Trouw (a Dutch newspaper) calls her a calm war correspondent.

A 37-year-old man from Krimpenerwaard remains in pretrial detention. The judge does not want him to wait at home for a place in a TBS (terbeschikkingstelling, a Dutch forensic psychiatric treatment) clinic. NOS (Dutch Broadcast Foundation) explains that assistance for radicalized youth often lasts two to three years.