Current:Home > NewsJohnathan Walker:Rogue wave kills navigation system on cruise ship with nearly 400 on board as deadly storm hammers northern Europe -EverVision Finance
Johnathan Walker:Rogue wave kills navigation system on cruise ship with nearly 400 on board as deadly storm hammers northern Europe
Robert Brown View
Date:2025-04-10 06:06:24
A cruise ship in the North Sea was hit by a massive rogue wave,Johnathan Walker causing a power outage and disabling the vessel's navigation system late on Thursday, Danish authorities said, as a deadly storm brought heavy rain and strong winds across northern Europe overnight and into Friday.
The Norwegian cruise ship MS Maud temporarily lost power on Thursday after encountering the rogue wave. Its operator, Hurtigruten Expedition, said in a statement that the 266 guests and 131 crew were uninjured and that the vessel, initially headed for the English port of Tilbury, would be diverted to Bremerhaven, Germany, for disembarkation.
Danish Search and Rescue said the vessel could "maneuver via emergency systems, and it has two civilian support vessels close by."
Reuters reported that the ship was being towed to Bremerhafen in Germany after the power outage. A spokesperson for the Danish Joint Rescue Coordination Centre told the news agency that a ship from civil rescue firm Esvagt had managed to connect a tow line to the MS Maud.
"An Esvagt ship is towing it slowly towards Bremerhafen in Germany at around 8-9 knots," the spokesperson told Reuters.
On Thursday, high winds also grounded flights in parts of the U.K., suspended train services and stopped Scottish ferries.
Women killed by falling trees
The storm also brought down trees and prompting warnings of flooding on the North Sea coast. A woman in Belgium was fatally injured by a falling Christmas tree, while another tree killed a person in the Netherlands.
The 65-foot Christmas tree collapsed onto three people at a busy market in Oudenaarde in western Belgium late Thursday, killing a 63-year-old woman and injuring two other people. The Christmas market was immediately canceled.
A woman who was struck by a falling tree on Thursday in the eastern Dutch town of Wilp later died of her injuries, her employer said.
Pre-Christmas rail travelers in parts of Germany faced disruption. National railway operator Deutsche Bahn said Friday there were cancellations on routes from Hamburg and Hannover to Frankfurt and Munich, while long-distance services from Hamburg northward to Kiel and Flensburg weren't running, among other disruptions.
The company said that falling trees damaged overhead electric wires or blocked tracks largely in northern Germany, but also in the central state of Hesse.
In Hamburg, the Elbe River flooded streets around the city's fish market, with water waist-high in places. German authorities warned of a storm surge of up to three meters (nearly 10 feet) or more above mean high tide on parts of the North Sea coast on Friday.
Streets around harbors flooded overnight in some Dutch North Sea towns including Scheveningen, the seaside suburb of The Hague.
The huge Maeslantkering storm barrier that protects Rotterdam from high sea levels automatically closed for the first time because of high water levels - meaning that all six major storm barriers that protect the low-lying Netherlands were closed at the same time. The nation's water and infrastructure authority said that was also a first. By Friday morning, all six barriers were open again as winds eased.
- In:
- Storm
- Cruise Ship
veryGood! (18691)
Related
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- EXPLAINER: Why is a police raid on a newspaper in Kansas so unusual?
- ‘No Labels’ movement says it could offer bipartisan presidential ticket in 2024
- Gwen Stefani's Son Kingston Rossdale Makes Live Music Debut at Blake Shelton's Bar
- Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
- Book excerpt: The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
- A tiny house gives them hope: How a homeless family in Brazil got a fresh start
- Baltimore Orioles OF Cedric Mullins robs game-tying home run, hits game-winning home run
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Billy Porter reignites criticism of Harry Styles' Vogue cover: 'It doesn't feel good to me'
Ranking
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Barbie bonanza: 'Barbie' tops box office for fourth week straight with $33.7 M
- Boston Bruins center David Krejci announces retirement after 16 NHL seasons
- Chicago mayor to introduce the police department’s counterterrorism head as new superintendent
- Could your smelly farts help science?
- Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
- Drugs and prostitution in the office: 'Telemarketers' doc illuminates world you don't know
- Heat wave forecast to bake Pacific Northwest with scorching temperatures
Recommendation
'Most Whopper
Tributes pour in for California hiker who fell to her death in Grand Teton National Park
Jimmy Fallon Is the Ultimate Rockstar During Surprise Performance at Jonas Brothers Concert
Gwen Stefani's Son Kingston Rossdale Makes Live Music Debut at Blake Shelton's Bar
Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
2 dead after plane strikes power line, crashes in lake in western North Carolina, authorities say
Horoscopes Today, August 12, 2023
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani to miss next pitching start over arm fatigue