Sixty seals at a Dutch refuge took shelter from the devastating storm that swept across Europe in a cinema, officials said on Friday.
The Pieterburen refuge for seals that get swept off the Baltic Sea became besieged after the storm hit on Thursday, its director, Lenie ‘t Hart, told the ANP Dutch news agency.
Tents used to house the seals had to be taken down because of the high winds and ‘t Hart said local people helped put up the seals.
“Some went in my office, others in the visitors’ welcome centre and there was even a group in the cinema,” ‘t Hart said. — AFP