The day's editorial focus shifted from the prolonged heatwave to severe thunderstorms. Morning headlines still noted code red in the southeast and a regional superheatwave in Limburg, but by afternoon, attention turned to impending storms. Code orange warnings were issued for four provinces, later expanding nationwide. Lightning struck Concert at Sea, halting the festival, and later disrupted trains near Gouda and the TT Assen event. A nationwide Rijkswaterstaat outage compounded travel chaos. Internationally, the Venezuela earthquake death toll rose to 1,430 after a new 5.6 magnitude tremor. Burkina Faso severed diplomatic ties with France, accusing it of neocolonial ambitions. A Dutch journalist recounted his detention after joining a Gaza flotilla. Domestic stories included a controversial TikTok hit linked to domestic violence, AI-generated violent videos targeting politician Rob Jetten, and a man suspected in his wife's death after appearing on dating shows.