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Widespread severe gales in the United Kingdom, France, the Benelux countries, and Germany. Isolated gusts of over 45 m/s (160 km/h; 100 mph) were recorded, causing extensive structural damage. The storm tracked across the United Kingdom into mainland Europe, where it was known under the name "Daria" and caused severe damage, especially to forests.
This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in Europe. ... (January 2013) Year Details Countries Fatalities Causes ... Germany, Austria ...
Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
Spain, Germany: 4 0 Major severe weather outbreak in western Europe, including four tornadoes. An F1 struck Ribeira, Spain, and three more tornadoes occurred in Germany, most notably an F2 which devastated a forest in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The other two cases were rated F1. [149]
The countries most commonly affected include the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, the Faroe Islands and Iceland. [ 2 ] The strong wind phenomena intrinsic to European windstorms, that give rise to "damage footprints" at the surface, can be placed into three categories, namely the "warm jet", the "cold jet" and the ...
Cyclone Lothar [1] is regarded as the worst European windstorm recorded during the 20th century. [2] Crossing France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany between 25 December and 27 December 1999, Cyclone Lothar's average winds reached up to 115 km/h inland (Orly), but with gusts exceeding 150 km/h, almost equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane, [3] [a] resulting in 110 deaths (including 88 in France ...
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Weather events in Europe by country (21 C) B. Blizzards in Europe (1 C, ... Pages in category "Weather events in Europe"