Hurricane Niklas

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Hurricane Niklas
Satellite image from Niklas on March 31, 2015
Satellite image from Niklas on March 31, 2015
Spring storm hurricane
Storm surge no
Data
Beginning March 29, 2015
Climax March 31, 2015
The End 2nd April 2015
Top gust 192 km / h ( Zugspitze , Germany)
consequences
affected areas United Kingdom , Netherlands , Germany , Denmark , Sweden , Poland , Switzerland , Austria , Czech Republic
Victim 11 dead

The Cyclone Niklas was a storm , located near the 29 March 2015 Iceland has developed and until 1 April 2015, of 30 March over Europe moved. It caused wind speeds of up to 192 km / h in peak gusts in Germany and Austria . The German Weather Service (DWD) issued severe weather warnings for large parts of the country.

Naming

The name "Niklas" was given for the low pressure area on March 29, 2015 as part of the weather sponsorship of the Free University of Berlin .

weather condition

Air pressure development of "Mike" and "Niklas"

The storm and hurricane field followed the hurricane low "Mike", moved on March 30 and 31, 2015 initially across Western Europe and on March 31, 2015 reached large parts of Germany.

According to the DWD, hurricane gusts were extreme in Germany on March 31, 2015 on the Zugspitze (192 km / h), the Brocken (162 km / h), the Feldberg in the Black Forest (151 km / h) and the Weinbiet near Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (148 km / h) measured.

On April 2, the low pressure area dissolved.

Effects and damage

Netherlands

The hurricane resulted in considerable disruption to air and shipping traffic in the Netherlands. More than eighty flights were canceled at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol . At Europe's largest port in Rotterdam , two container terminals had to be closed and ships waited at sea until the weather calmed down again.

Germany

Dead and injured

Nine deaths in Germany were reported as a result of the storm bottom. Two men in their official vehicle and a woman in their car were killed by trees , another man by a concrete wall and a fourth by a barn door that had been detached from its suspension by gusts. In three cases, drivers lost control of their vehicles after sudden snowfall or hail on slippery roads. Four men died and two others were seriously injured. A scooter driver and a girl were seriously injured by falling trees, and two workers were seriously injured when a scaffold was overturned .

Further effects

Storm damage as a result of hurricane Niklas in Pfullendorfer Spitalwald (April 2015)

The German train set on 31 March 2015, the local and some long-distance traffic in North Rhine-Westphalia and other German states because of the connected to the storm risk one. Thousands of travelers and commuters were stuck at train stations in Düsseldorf , Bielefeld , Dortmund and Cologne , among others . In Munich, the main station was closed because the glass front of the station had been damaged. The traffic on the ICE route Munich - Augsburg and between Rosenheim and Munich was also stopped. In northern Germany, sections of the Bremen - Hanover, Hamburg - Hanover and Hanover - Berlin railway lines were closed. Long-distance traffic was largely diverted or was canceled. In addition, the maximum speed on the other ICE routes was initially reduced to 140 km / h, and from the late afternoon to 80 km / h. Long-distance trains usually only ran to the nearest hub station, while regional traffic was completely eliminated.

The Elversberger Kaiserlinde , protected as a natural monument, was uprooted. Another natural monument, the thunder spruce near Nanzenbach in the Lahn-Dill district, fell victim to the hurricane. Damage also occurred in Lower Franconia when trees fell on a house in Lohr am Main and a car in Würzburg . One of the stands of the Hardtwaldstadion in Sandhausen was so badly damaged that it was blocked for the subsequent home game of the second division club SV Sandhausen .

The speed limit on motorway bridges on the A 61 ( Alzey valley bridge and Dautenheim valley bridge ) and A 63 ( Weinheim valley bridge ) near Alzey has been reduced to 40 km / h to be on the safe side.

The Berlin Fire Department called the state of emergency from.

In an initial extrapolation, the General Association of the German Insurance Industry expects damage to buildings, household items and vehicles in the amount of 750 million euros. This makes hurricane "Niklas" one of the five worst storms in the past 15 years.

Austria

A retired Mauthausner (63) fell from a ladder while trying to weatherproof his patio roof. He died of a severe head injury. Effects could be felt from the west as far as the St. Pölten area.

Switzerland

One person was killed.

Czech Republic

The storm also had an impact in the Czech Republic , especially on traffic. This particularly affected rail traffic, where for example a fallen tree on the Olomouc – Opava východ railway between Milotice nad Opavou and Brantice derailed a train. Numerous power outages were also caused. The fire brigade reportedly had 14 times as many missions as on an average day.

See also

Web link

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c dpa: Eleven people die in hurricane "Niklas". In: Sueddeutsche.de . April 1, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Adnan Akyüz, Vanesa Borbas, Denise Kylla, Sieglinde Neumann and Sebastian Oldenburg: First Mike, then Niklas: The double storm . In: Express.de . April 1, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Marcus Boljahn / Constantin von Arnim: Brief review and outlook storm / hurricane. In: Wetter24.de . March 31, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Storm paralyzes rail traffic in North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria. In: Spiegel Online . March 31, 2015, accessed March 31, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Dead in Dietramszell: Trees fall on moving cars. In: Focus.de . March 31, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  7. ↑ a b At least nine dead from hurricane "Niklas". Reuters Germany, April 1, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  8. ↑ dpa: Hurricane "Niklas" rages in Germany - several dead. In: T-Online . April 1, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  9. ↑ 63-year-old killed by the barn door. Hurricane "Niklas" claims death in Twistringen . In: Kreiszeitung .de. April 1, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Hurricane on the coast, snow in Berlin, wind blows at 100 km / h, storm blows Germany back into winter - mother and two girls hit by a falling tree. Two dead after an accident on a snowy road in Baden-Württemberg. Image , March 31, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Hurricane on the coast, snow in Berlin, wind blows at 100 km / h, storm blows Germany back into winter - mother and two girls hit by a falling tree. One dead in an accident on the Autobahn 95 in Bavaria. Image , March 31, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  12. ↑ dpa: Eleven people die in hurricane "Niklas". Baum meets mother and her two daughters. In: Sueddeutsche.de . April 1, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Hurricane "Niklas" slows down rail traffic ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ZDF . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heute.de
  14. ↑ Severe weather warnings and damage in Bavaria , Abendzeitung .
  15. ↑ myheimat.de: "Niklas" gave the "Donnerfichte" the catch: Hurricane fell the highest tree in the Schelder Forest
  16. ↑ Mainfranken: More and more damage from storm Niklas , Radio Charivari Würzburg .
  17. ↑ Sparkasse stand blocked after hurricane damage at Union game . Press release on the SV Sandhausen website, April 1, 2015, accessed on the same day.
  18. ↑ Annual report 2015 of the Berlin fire brigade , p. 22.
  19. ↑ Storm "Niklas" causes damage amounting to 750 million euros . GDV press release, accessed on April 20, 2015.
  20. ↑ a b Hurricane "Niklas" claims death. In: Kurier.at . March 31, 2015, Retrieved June 21, 2015 (updated April 1).
  21. ^ Hurricane Niklas in Austria. In: RegioWiki.AT. Retrieved June 21, 2015 .
  22. ↑ Karel Janeček: Mezi Miloticemi nad Opavou a Branticemi vykolejil vlak. Bruntálský deník ( Vltava-Labe-Press ), April 1, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 (Czech).
  23. ↑ Markéta Kachlíkova: storm: Chaos on rails and roads, homes without electricity. Radio Praha , April 1, 2015, accessed on June 22, 2015 .