Storm surge on the European Atlantic coast in February 2014

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The storm surge on the Atlantic coast raged particularly in Spain and France on the weekend of February 1 and 2, 2014. The trigger is considered to be a low pressure area that migrated from Iceland to Northern Ireland and had a pressure of 945 hPa. On the Atlantic there were waves that were about 11 m high, but occasionally even reached the size of 15 m. At the same time, the wind pushed the water into the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel .

Spain

In San Sebastián , the city was flooded up to 1.5 m because high waves reached the city. Three ships from the fishing port sank in Berneo . In Luarca a museum was flooded, which housed an important collection of giant squids. The damage amounted to around 2 million euros.

France

In France, the glass facades were damaged in numerous locations in Roscoff and Douarnenez , including those of a hospital and a wellness facility. On February 5, the Spanish freighter Luno ran aground against a pier in Biarritz and broke in two. The eleven crew members could not be rescued at first because wind speeds of 110 km / h prevailed. They were only rescued when the weather subsided. Environmental pollution is feared as the freighter carried 127 cubic meters of diesel as fuel. The ship was scrapped from April to July 2014 and the beach was cleaned. In the process, 20 individual pieces were found from the ship, but not all of them have been recovered. For example, parts of the engine are still in the sea.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Susanne Haeseler, Christiana Lefebvre: Storm surge on the European Atlantic coast in early February 2014. (pdf) February 3, 2014, accessed on February 6, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b Atlantic: Storm surge hits coastal towns in France and Spain. In: Spiegel Online. Retrieved February 6, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Spectacular ship break off the south of France. Unleashed forces of nature and a crew in fear of death: a Spanish freighter crashed into a dam in a storm off a beach in southern France and broke in two. In: The world. Retrieved February 6, 2014 .
  4. ^ The Luno. (pdf) In: Ship Breaking # 36 - Bulletin of information and analysis on ship demolition. Robin de Bois, July 29, 2014, pp. 1 ff , accessed on August 8, 2014 (English).