Norina (low pressure area)

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The Norina low pressure area was a low pressure area whose storm runners caused massive damage in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony on July 12, 2010, to property damage, traffic obstructions, problems with the power supply, injuries and three fatalities. Wind speeds of up to 120 km / h were measured. The meteorologist Norina Bähr was the godmother when it was named.

Origin and course

With the storm ended a heat wave due to the high pressure area Zadok with temperatures up to 39 ° C ahead (measured peak value 38.8 ° C in Bendorf near Koblenz). A thunderstorm line formed between the high above eastern Central Europe and the low Norina above Great Britain . The gusts of wind occurred in Germany first in the Rhineland and the Lower Rhine, then in the Grafschaft Bentheim and in the Münsterland , followed by the Emsland and East Friesland and finally at Heligoland . Gusts of up to 120 km / h were measured in Aachen . In Düsseldorf there was 20 minutes of heavy rain with a rainfall of 20 liters per square meter.

Damage

The Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia recorded 3,700 missions for the fire brigades and emergency services in North Rhine-Westphalia alone. Rail traffic collapsed in some regions. The old town hall in Bonn was damaged; a falling site fence injured six passers-by. In Cologne , a woman was run over by a truck when she was looking for shelter from the storm in an underpass. In Düsseldorf , a tree fell on a group of school children. In Mönchengladbach , four children were injured by falling branches. In Kempen , a worker was swept off scaffolding from a height of eight meters and seriously injured. In Düren a roofer was thrown from a garage. In Neuss there is a report of a windpipe. Roofs were covered in the urban area, trees fell. In Moers , the flat roof of a building was torn off by a gust of wind, and five people were injured. The Nordhorn Zoo was badly devastated. Nearby, a woman died when a tree fell on a house where she had taken shelter. In Weener , East Frisia, a woman was killed when around 20 poplars toppled over at the same time, presumably due to a tornado; her child survived slightly injured. In the port of Leer the storm reached speeds of up to 110 km / h; a new ship, 157 meters long, broke loose. A "black wall" was reported from Heligoland . On the side island of the dune of Heligoland, one kilometer away , the campsite was completely destroyed, and some holidaymakers were seriously injured.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Low pressure areas 2010
  2. ↑ Here the storm "Norina" has just raced through ... In: Express , July 13, 2010 ( online )
  3. ↑ a b Tornado alarm in the Rhineland Severe weather leaves seriously injured people and devastation. In: Express , July 12, 2010 ( online )
  4. ↑ Storm: The roof of the restaurant collapses on the school bus. In: Neuß-Grevenbroicher Zeitung , July 12, 2012 ( online )
  5. ^ Tornado destroys Moers hardware store. In: Rheinische Post , July 12, 2010 ( online ( memento of the original from July 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nachrichten.rp-online.de
  6. ↑ Storms are raging over Germany. Storm front Norina claims three lives. In: Rheinische Post , July 12, 2010 ( RP online ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice . ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  7. ↑ a b Tornado on the North Sea - dead and great damage. In: Die Welt , July 13, 2010 ( online )
  8. ↑ Storm low "Norina". Tornado on Heligoland. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , July 12, 2010 ( online )