What the records say
- When
- 3 Dec 1999
- Kind
- Flood
- Coordinates
- 55.50° N, 9.00° E
- Description
- Cyclone Carola strikes southern Sweden, causing widespread power outages and extensive damage to forests.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Cyclone Anatol.
Cyclone Anatol
European windstorm in 1999
Cyclone Anatol was a European windstorm that hit Denmark, Southwest Sweden, and Northern Germany on 3 December 1999. The storm had sustained winds of 146 km/h and wind gusts of up to 184 km/h, equivalent to an intense category 1 hurricane, which is unusually strong for storms in Northern Europe. The storm caused 20 fatalities; in Denmark alone 7 died and more than 800 were injured.
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