2 ships collide off Dutch coast; evacuation underway

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch emergency services say two ships have collided off the Dutch coast in the storm-hit North Sea after and one began taking on water. An evacuation is underway. A freighter called the Julietta D with 18 crew members on board collided with another boat about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of the port of Ijmuiden. The other boat also was damaged but was able to continue its voyage. The collision happened as a powerful storm lashed parts of the 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.