Europe Storms: Ships Collide Off Dutch Coast; Crew Evacuated

Europe Storms: Ships Collide Off Dutch Coast; Crew Evacuated
Workers remove an uprooted tree in Amsterdam after a storm swept over the Netherlands, on Jan. 31, 2022. Peter Dejong/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Rescue helicopters evacuated all 18 crew members from a ship that was left drifting rudderless in a wind turbine park off the Dutch North Sea coast Monday after it collided with another ship and began taking on water during a powerful storm, emergency services said.

The collision happened as Storm Corrie lashed parts of northern Europe. It came after Storm Malik killed at least four people over the weekend, destroying houses, unleashing flooding, and leaving thousands of households without electricity.