Anatol (storm)
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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.
[edit] See also
- The 2005 storm Erwin
- The 2007 storm Per
- European windstorm
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- 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.
- Windstorms in Denmark - from DMI (in Danish)
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