Anatol (storm)

Anatol (storm)

Anatol is the name given by the German Weather Service to a powerful winter storm that hit Denmark, south-west Sweden and north Germany on December 3, 1999. The storm had sustained winds of 136 km/h and wind gusts of up to 175 km/h, equivalent to a category 1 hurricane, which is unusually strong for storms in northern Europe. The storm caused 6 fatalities in Denmark.

According to the Danish Meteorological Institute, the storm is estimated to have caused damages in Denmark of DKK 13 billion, or about USD 2 billion. Storms causing damages of this magnitude are only expected every 500 years in Denmark.

See also

* The 2005 storm Erwin
* The 2007 storm Per
*European windstorm

References

Sources

* [http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/forschung/abstracts/ulbrich/3storms/ Three extreme storms over Europe in December 1999] - U. Ulbrich, A. H. Fink, M. Klawa and J.G. Pinto. Institut für Geophysik und Meteorologie der Universität zu Köln.
* [http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/viden/temaer/orkaner_-_vejrgudernes__hvirvlende_dans/orkaner6.htm Windstorms in Denmark] - from DMI (in Danish)


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