Hurricane Jeanett

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The Hurricane Jeanett crossed Europe on 27 and 28 October 2002 and was the largest of its kind since the hurricane Lothar on 2 Christmas Day of 1999. The highest recorded wind speed was h with 183 km / on the Fichtelberg in the Erzgebirge measured.

Emergence

On October 23, Jeanett was recognized as a wave disturbance in the North Atlantic. Due to the extreme temperature differences between polar air masses from the Arctic and warm subtropical air masses from the south, the low pressure area had a good breeding ground and could therefore quickly develop into a hurricane low .

Course in Germany

The storm field reached Jeanett's northwestern Germany as early as the morning of October 27, 2002, and the maximum storm was reached around 5 hours later. Even in the lowlands there were widespread gusts of over 120 km / h. On the night of October 28th, eastern Germany was particularly hard hit with top speeds of 183 km / h on the Fichtelberg. In the evening, the rail traffic was paralyzed by fallen trees and line closures, which could not resume normal operations until the morning of October 28th. Only in the course of the 28th did the wind gradually decrease in East Germany and Jeanett left for Poland .

Affected countries

The following countries were hit by Hurricane Jeanett: The main area of ​​the damage was the Czech Republic , Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Poland, the Baltic States, Switzerland and Austria were also affected.

Damage

There were 47 deaths across Europe. The damage is estimated at around 1.7 billion euros, of which around two thirds were insured. In Germany , the hurricane caused insurance losses of around 660 million euros and also claimed 11 lives. In his report "Winter Storms in Europe - History from 1703 to 2012", Aon Benfield assumes an insured loss in Germany of 1.2 billion euros. In Saxony-Anhalt, the listed Breitmeyer post mill was destroyed by the hurricane .

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  1. ↑ (tmlnu / rbr): Thuringia's forests with hurricane «Jeanett» got off lightly again. WartburgkreisOnline, October 28, 2002, accessed on September 6, 2011 : “According to an initial survey by the Thuringian Forestry Offices, around 80,000 solid cubic meters of damaged wood were incurred throughout the Free State. The forests in the southern parts of the country with over 52,000 cubic meters are hardest hit by the storm damage. In East Thuringia about 19,000 solid cubic meters and in Northern Thuringia 9,000 solid cubic meters fell. "
  2. ↑ Munich Reinsurance Company NatCatSERVICE, quoted in n. Damage from major storm catastrophes in Europe since 1990 (in million euros). Statista, 2009, accessed March 23, 2004 .
  3. ↑ Munich Reinsurance Company NatCatSERVICE, quoted in n. Uninsured damage sums of major storm catastrophes in Europe since 1990 (in millions of euros). Statista, accessed March 23, 2004 .
  4. ↑ Winter storms in Europe. History from 1703 to 2012. (PDF) Aon Benfield, January 2013, pp. 18–19 , accessed on March 11, 2014 .