In the Netherlands, the River Maas near Limburg reached its highest summertime level in over a hundred years, according to authorities, and was expected as of 15 July to surpass the winter records set in 1993 and 1995.[18] On 14 July, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute gave a code red highest warning for Limburg. It was lowered to a yellow warning at around 03:50 local time on 15 July.