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A low-pressure area formed north of Puerto Rico on 13 December and rapidly moved towards Europe. The storm caused power outages and travel disruption in France, Germany, and Switzerland. [133] Storm Patrick: 24–27 December 2011: 964 hPa (28.5 inHg) [134] Formed as secondary low to Cato, affecting central Norway, [135] Sweden [136] and Finland ...
Most storms that affected Europe have done so from August to October, which is the climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. In a survey of such European tropical cyclones from 1961 to 2010, Dr. Kieran Hickey observed that the storms generally formed west of Africa and recurved to the northeast, or formed off the east coast of the ...
1990 storm series – Between 25 January and 1 March 1990, eight severe storms crossed Europe including the Burns' Day storm (Daria), Vivian & Wiebke. The total costs resulting from these storms was estimated at almost €13 billion. [57] Braer Storm of January 1993 – the most intense storm of this kind on record.
The 2024–2025 European windstorm season is the tenth and current season. It comprises a year, from 1 September to 31 August, except shifted a month later in the Eastern Mediterranean Group. The storm names were announced four days before the start of the season on 28 August 2024.
The 2023–2024 European windstorm season was the ninth season of the European windstorm naming in Europe. It comprised a year, from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. This was the fifth season where the Netherlands participated (through KNMI), alongside the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann in the western group.
The storm cut power to more than 300,000 households, according to the country's electricity supplier. Weather and civil protection officials, who had predicted winds of up to 75 mph (120 kilometres per hour) and heavy rain, placed the coast on a yellow alert as waves reached up to seven metres (23 feet) high. [ 123 ]
Storm tide 589: Breach at Cucca: Italy: 1170: All Saints' Flood (1170) Netherlands: probably many thousands: Storm surge 1287: South England flood of February 1287: England: probably many thousands: Storm surge 1287: St. Lucia's flood: Netherlands, Northern Germany, England: 50,000-80,000: Storm surge 1304: All Saints' Flood (1304) Germany: 271 ...
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