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'{{Short description|Extratropical cyclone that struck northern Europe in 2007}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Update|date=May 2009}} {{Infobox weather event | image = Kyrill 2007 01 18 2000 rgb 05-06 08-09 05.png | caption = RGB composite view of Kyrill in 18 January 2007 from [[EUMETSAT]] | formed = 15 January 2007 | dissipated = 24 January 2007 }}{{Infobox weather event/Extratropical | gusts = {{cvt|250|km/h|mph kn}} | gusts-suffix = &nbsp;at [[Śnieżka]], [[Poland]]<ref name="WK-2681151">{{cite web|url=http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/politik/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2681151|publisher=Wiesbadener Kurier|title=Milliardenschäden nach Orkan|date=20 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003525/http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/politik/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2681151|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> | pressure = 959.8 | pressure-suffix = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=26544&lang=en&decoded=yes&ndays=2&ano=2007&mes=01&day=19&hora=06|title=SYNOP data from Daugavpils, WMO 26544}}</ref> }}{{Infobox weather event/Effects | fatalities = At least 44<ref name="BBC-6277537" /> | damage-prefix = At least&nbsp; | damage-currency = EUR | damage = 1000000000 | damage-suffix = <ref name="WK-2681151" /> | areas = [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Kingdom]] }}{{Infobox weather event/Footer}} '''Cyclone Kyrill''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪr|ɪ|l}} was a [[low-pressure area]] that evolved into an unusually violent [[European windstorm]],<ref name="2007 names">{{cite web|title=2007 Low Pressure Area naming list|date=January 2000|url=http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/tief2007/|publisher=[[Free University of Berlin]]|access-date=28 December 2011|archive-date=20 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420030032/http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/tief2007/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="life history">{{cite web|title=Life history of depression Cyril|url=http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/wetterpate/Lebensgeschichten/Tief_KYRILL_17_01_07.htm|publisher=[[Free University of Berlin]]|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> forming an [[extratropical cyclone]] with [[hurricane]]-strength winds. It formed over [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] on 15 January 2007 and moved across the Atlantic Ocean reaching Ireland and Great Britain by the evening of 17 January.<ref name="life history"/> The storm then crossed the [[North Sea]] on 17 and 18 January, making landfall on the German and Dutch coasts on the afternoon of 18 January, before moving eastwards toward [[Poland]] and the [[Baltic Sea]] on the night from 18 to 19 January and further on to northern Russia.<ref name="life history"/> Kyrill caused widespread damage across Western Europe, especially in the United Kingdom and Germany. 47 fatalities were reported, as well as extensive disruptions of public transport, power outages to over one hundred thousand homes, severe damage to public and private buildings and major forest damage through [[windthrow]]. 20 Tornado reports were reported, including 2 F3 tornadoes as a result of the system<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230930192204/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=19211673710</ref> The storm was named "Kyrill" on 17 January 2007, by the [[Free University of Berlin]]'s meteorological institute.<ref name="2007 names"/> The storm was named after a [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] man living near Berlin, whose family donated to the university's "Adopt-A-Vortex"<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/historie/|title = Homepage - und Kommunikationssysteme der Freien Universitaet Berlin|date = January 2000|access-date = 21 January 2007|archive-date = 29 November 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070919/http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/historie/|url-status = dead}}</ref> programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=75595|title=Cyril Storm Named After Bulgarian|publisher=Sofia News Agency}}</ref> == Abstract == A [[European windstorm]] is a severe [[cyclonic]] storm that moves across the North Atlantic towards north-western Europe in the winter months. These storms usually move over the north coast of the United Kingdom, towards [[Norway]] but can veer south to affect other countries including Ireland, France, [[Belgium]], [[the Netherlands]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Austria]], Germany, [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Poland]]. As these storms can generate hurricane-force winds (and sometimes even winds at the strength of major hurricanes), they are sometimes referred to as [[hurricane]]s, even though few originate as [[tropical cyclone]]s. These storms rank as the second highest cause of global [[natural disaster|natural catastrophe]] insurance loss (after US hurricanes).{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} Kyrill was unusual in that its field of hurricane-force winds was very broad, affecting large areas of Germany as well as neighbouring countries at one time. Kyrill brought wind gusts of up to {{cvt|130|km/h|mph}} even in the North German plains. German weather experts have described the storm as a "once in a decade" event. == Events == After making landfall in Ireland and the UK in the late hours of 17 January 2007, the storm swept across Ireland and Great Britain on the night of 17 to 18 January, with winds of {{cvt|160|km/h|mph}} at [[The Needles]], {{cvt|149|km/h|mph}} recorded in [[Dublin]], {{cvt|130|km/h|mph}} recorded at [[Aberdaron]] on the [[Lleyn peninsula]], {{cvt|122|km/h|mph}} at [[Mumbles]] near [[Swansea]] and winds of {{cvt|101|km/h|mph}} at [[St Athan]] in the [[Vale of Glamorgan]]. The [[Deutscher Wetterdienst|German Meteorological Service]] had advised people to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary trips on 18 January,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/vignettetosophora102-vignette_cid-6310534.html|publisher=[[Tagesschau (Germany)|Tagesschau]]|date=17 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|title=Orkantief "Kyrill" auf dem Weg nach Deutschland|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605075026/http://www.tagesschau.de/vignettetosophora102-vignette_cid-6310534.html|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and wind strengths of up to 12 on the [[Beaufort scale]] were seen across the Netherlands and Germany as the storm made landfall. The storm moved across the German states of [[Lower Saxony]], [[Bremen (state)|Bremen]], Hamburg, [[Schleswig-Holstein]] and [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] first, then spread across the whole country in the evening hours of 18 January. Wind gusts as high as {{cvt|202|km/h|mph}} on the [[Wendelstein (mountain)|Wendelstein]] and {{cvt|198|km/h|mph}} on the [[Brocken]] in the [[Harz mountains]] were recorded.<ref name="SPON-TICKER-FREITAG">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,460854,00.html|title=Das Chaos am Tag nach dem Orkan|publisher=SPIEGEL ONLINE|date=19 January 2007|language=de}}</ref> The storm then moved eastwards, its center crossing Lower Saxony between 18:00 and 19:00 CET, moving toward the [[Baltic sea]], its cold front spawning several [[tornado]]es in Germany.<ref>[http://www.tornadoliste.de Tornadoliste Deutschland von Thomas Sävert – Naturgewalten<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In Poland the highest wind speed was measured on [[Sněžka-Śnieżka|Sněžka]] in the [[Karkonosze|Krkonoše]] mountains, where wind gusts reached {{cvt|212|km/h|mph}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,53600,3860945.html|title=Huragan Kyrill w Polsce – prędkość wiatru przekraczała 200&nbsp;km/h|publisher=gazeta.pl|date=19 January 2007|access-date=19 January 2007|language=pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129163047/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1%2C53600%2C3860945.html|archive-date=29 January 2008}}</ref> In the [[Czech Republic]] winds as high as {{cvt|200|km/h|mph}} disrupted both rail and air traffic; record high temperatures reached {{convert|14|C|F}} in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/article/87415 |publisher=Radio Praha |date=19 January 2007 |access-date=21 January 2007 |title=Storm ravages Czech Republic and neighbouring countries |author=Ilya Marritz}}</ref> The UK Met office in a case study stated that Kyrill would have generated a red warning on the colour scale they adopted in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Red warning of wind, 18 January 2007|url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/guide/weather/warnings-case-studies/wind-warning-red|website=Met Office|access-date=8 February 2018|language=en}}</ref> The storm was classified Hurricane-force 12 on the [[Beaufort Scale]]. This is the highest classification on the [[Beaufort scale#Modern scale|modern scale]]. == Impact == [[File:Storm 90700.JPG|thumb|right|Storm damage in [[Delft]], [[The Netherlands]]]] [[File:Strommast.JPG|thumb|right|Felled power pylons caused widespread electricity outages]] On the day of the landfall, an approximate 25,000 homes in southern England were without electricity after [[electricity pylon]]s were damaged by the storm.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/18/uk.ship.reut/index.html |date=18 January 2007 |access-date=18 January 2007 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |title=26 flee sinking ship as storm batters UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121061657/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/18/uk.ship.reut/index.html |archive-date=21 January 2007}}</ref> Same day, the German states of [[Brandenburg]], Saxony and [[Saxony-Anhalt]] were hit by a massive power cut. 52,000 homes were without energy, according to local utility ''envia''.<ref name="SPON-TICKER">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,460572,00.html|title=Sturm-Ticker: Das Neueste von Kyrill|publisher=SPIEGEL ONLINE|date=18 January 2007|language=de}}</ref> The German district [[Siegen-Wittgenstein]] had issued a [[state of emergency]], with schools remaining closed on Friday, 19 January, and roads not to be cleared right away, but closed instead until the situation improved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdr.de/studio/siegen/nachrichten/index.jhtml#TP1156563|publisher=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]], Studio Siegen|title=Katastrophenalarm für SI-WI|access-date=18 January 2007|language=de}}</ref> By the second day of the storm, more than one million homes were left without power in the [[Czech Republic]] with another million households without electricity in Germany and tens of thousands dark homes in [[Austria]] and [[Poland]].<ref name="Czech-damage">{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/19/europe/EU-GEN-Czech-Storm.php |title= More than 1 million Czech homes without power from storm |date=19 January 2007|access-date=22 January 2007 |publisher=[[International Herald Tribune]] |agency=Associated Press }}</ref><ref name="power-outages">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/01/19/ap3343468.html |title= Storms in Europe Kill 46, Disrupt Travel |date=19 January 2007|access-date=22 January 2007 |work=[[Forbes]] |author=David Rising, [[Associated Press]]}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In Poland, a flood alarm was issued in several localities due to large rainfalls and the storm damaged several houses in the region of [[Jelenia Góra]].<ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2007|access-date=19 January 2007|publisher=wp.pl|title=Wichura szaleje nad Polską|url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wiadomosc.html?kat=1329&wid=8693932&rfbawp=1169177684.450&ticaid=1310d|language=pl}}</ref> In [[Ukraine]], the supply of oil through the [[Druzhba pipeline]] came to a complete halt as a result of the storm.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 January 2007|access-date=20 January 2007|publisher=Web.de|title="Kyrill" unterbricht russische Öllieferungen nach Osteuropa|url=http://magazine.web.de/de/themen/finanzen/wirtschaft/maerkte/3505868,cc=000005549900035058681E9s2h.html|language=de}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Strong winds over the Alps became [[foehn wind]] and caused unusually high temperatures in Italy (up to {{cvt|25|C|F|disp=sqbr}} in [[Turin]]).<ref>[http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/LIMF/2007/1/19/DailyHistory.html History for Torino, Italy]. ''[[Weather Underground]]''. 19 January 2007. Last accessed 2007-01-22.</ref> In Ireland thousands of homes were left without power and heavy downpours caused flash flooding. In the Netherlands, the storm flood warning system (''Stormvloedwaarschuwingsdienst'') was activated, as the approaching storm was measured in excess of 10 [[Beaufort scale|Beaufort]]. Alarms were issued to two northern regions, [[Delfzijl]] and [[Harlingen, Netherlands|Harlingen]], at approximately 22:30 CET on Thursday 18 January. The water level peaked in the early hours of Friday, almost {{cvt|4.5|m|ft}} above the astronomical prediction level. High winds in the [[Alps]] prompted the Austrian weather service to advise the skiers and snowboarders to seek shelter, and caused at least one major motorway tunnel closure.<ref name="alps">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/18/europe.storm.ap/index.html |date=19 January 2007 |access-date=21 January 2007 |publisher=[[CNN]] |title=Storm kills 27 in northern Europe |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120161740/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/18/europe.storm.ap/index.html |archive-date=20 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The cost of the damage across Europe to the insurance industry has been estimated by Swiss Re as €3.5bn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swissre.com/INTERNET/pwswpspr.nsf/alldocbyidkeylu/BMER-6XPGLZ?OpenDocument |title=Swiss Re estimates its claims for winter storm Kyrill to be in the region of EUR 140 million |date=26 January 2007 |access-date=20 February 2007 |work=swissre.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070625054746/http://www.swissre.com/INTERNET/pwswpspr.nsf/alldocbyidkeylu/BMER-6XPGLZ?OpenDocument |archive-date=25 June 2007}}</ref> In the UK, the cost to the insurance industry could be as high as £350m (€520m).<ref>{{cite news |title=UK storm payout 'may hit £350m' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6380123.stm |work=news.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |date=20 February 2007 |access-date=20 February 2007 |quote=Insurers could face a £350m bill for the damage caused by storms that swept across the UK in January, experts say. }}</ref> As the event is relatively recent for the insurance industry these are unlikely to be the final costs. ===Notable buildings=== Several windows were broken at the [[Römisch-Germanisches Museum]] in [[Cologne]], Germany by [[plywood]] that was covering a [[fountain]] near [[Cologne Cathedral]]. The wood caused major damage to the encasing of a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[mosaic]] dating to the 3rd century. The Römisch-Germanisches Museum building was originally constructed around the mosaic. As of January 2007, it was still unclear whether the mosaic had suffered damage, as museum staff had announced the clean-up would at least take a week due to the fragility of the exhibit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdr.de/themen/panorama/wetter/sturm_kyrill/070119_museum.jhtml|date=19 January 2007|access-date=24 January 2007|publisher=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]]|title=Bangen um Dionysos|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129094555/http://www.wdr.de/themen/panorama/wetter/sturm_kyrill/070119_museum.jhtml|archive-date=29 January 2007}}</ref> Museum manager Bernhard Ostermann had estimated that the mosaic was damaged in 100 to 150 places<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=35787|date=27 January 2007|access-date=27 January 2007|title=Storm damages Cologne mosaic in 100 places|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220243/http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=35787|archive-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The chapel of [[Wittenberg Castle]] in [[Wittenberg]], Germany, which is a [[World Heritage Site]], lost several of its [[sandstone]] [[merlon]]s. They broke off during the storm, damaging several [[stained-glass window]]s in their fall. ===Harbours and shipping=== [[File:Kyrill MSC Napoli de.png|thumb|right|Position of ''[[MSC Napoli]]'' when it was abandoned]] The [[container ship]] ''[[MSC Napoli]]'', whilst on its way to [[Portugal]] carrying 2,394 containers, of which 158 were classed as hazardous substances, had to be abandoned in the [[English Channel]] on the 18th. The crew of 26 were picked up by British and French [[Her Majesty's Coastguard|rescue services]]. The next day the Napoli was under tow for repair at [[Portland Harbour]] in Dorset, but with forecasts of further high winds it was taken to shelter in [[Lyme Bay]]. The ship had suffered structural damage, including a {{cvt|1|by|0.5|m|ft}} hole on the [[starboard]] side and water flooding and had to be beached in the bay {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} off the [[East Devon]] coast at [[Branscombe]]<ref name="BBC-6277651">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6277651.stm |title=Stricken ship shelters off coast |work=BBC News|date=20 January 2007|access-date=22 January 2007}}</ref> The ship leaked oil, sparking a clean-up operation, and widespread reporting in the national news led to the wreck temporarily becoming a tourist attraction and subject to scavenging from the containers which washed up on the beach.<ref name="bbc6287457">{{cite news|author=BBC News|title=Scavengers take washed-up goods|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6287457.stm|access-date=22 January 2007 | date=22 January 2007}}</ref> The wreck was subject to a complex break-up operation which was not complete until July 2009. The ferry services between [[Fishguard]] and [[Rosslare Europort|Rosslare]] were cancelled,<ref>{{cite news|date=18 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|title=Severe storms sweep across Wales|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6272547.stm|work=BBC News}}</ref> as well as the ferries to [[Heligoland]] and most [[West Frisian Islands]], [[East Frisian islands|East Frisian]] and [[North Frisian Islands|North Frisian]] islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1248171.php/Germany_braces_for_major_storm|title=Germany braces for major storm|publisher=Monsters and Critics|date=18 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120150122/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1248171.php/Germany_braces_for_major_storm|archive-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> In Ireland, [[Dublin]] Port was forced to completely close for a time – the first time in history the port has closed. Two fishing vessels sank at sea, with a total loss of seven lives. A third vessel engaged in the rescue attempts also sank but the crew were rescued.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 January 2007 |access-date=19 January 2007 |title=Transport chaos as country battered by 140&nbsp;km/h gales |url=http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/9709584?view=Eircomnet |publisher=Irish Independent (eircom.net) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070131125054/http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/9709584?view=Eircomnet |archive-date=31 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A [[storm tide]] with sea levels of up to {{convert|3.5|metres|ft}} above mean [[tide]] was announced for the coastal areas of [[Lower Saxony]] and [[Schleswig-Holstein]] by the state governments,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.ndr.de/ndr_pages_std/0,2570,OID3591066,00.html|title=Heute Orkanböen über Norddeutschland erwartet|publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]]|date=18 January 2007|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121183543/http://www1.ndr.de/ndr_pages_std/0%2C2570%2COID3591066%2C00.html|archive-date=21 January 2007}}</ref> however the storm had already passed those areas before [[tide|high tide]] had set in, so there was less damage than expected. The Cypriot-flagged freighter ''Golden Sky'', carrying a load of fertiliser and fuel oil, ran aground near [[Ventspils]], off the coast of [[Latvia]]; the ship's crew were rescued in a joint Latvian and Swedish operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/feature/2007/01/18_u6.htm|title=Cargo ship runs aground near Latvia|publisher=weatheronline.co.uk|access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/pictures/RIG05.htm|title=Photos of cargo ship grounded near Ventspils, Latvia|publisher=alertnet.org|access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> === Road transport === Many countries suffered from road and motorway closures. In the United Kingdom, the major motorways [[M1 motorway|M1]], [[M6 motorway|M6]] and [[M18 motorway (Great Britain)|M18]] were closed in several places, as well as the [[M25 motorway|M25]] ring road around London and a number of other motorways. Bridges including the M6 [[Thelwall Viaduct]] in [[Warrington]], the M25 [[Dartford Crossing]] in London and the M1 [[Tinsley Viaduct]] in [[Sheffield]] were closed due to high winds. All [[Pennines|Pennine Passes]] were closed. Closures were largely due to the toppling of multiple high-sided vehicles. Other motorways were affected by significant delays. Long queues developed around blackspots, in particular replacement crossings of the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] including routes through [[Warrington]] and over the [[Silver Jubilee Bridge|Runcorn Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2007|access-date=19 January 2007|title=Roads closed around Runcorn|url=http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1132683.mostviewed.storm_causes_traffic_nightmare.php}}</ref> In Germany, a number of motorways, especially those with bridges over the [[Rhine]] or those with [[valley]] bridges, also faced closures due to high winds. The Dutch police advised drivers of empty [[lorry|lorries]] not to enter the Netherlands. Many roads were also closed in Ireland due to fallen trees and overturned lorries. ===Air transport=== More than 280 flights were cancelled at [[Heathrow Airport]], over 120 flights were cancelled at [[Doncaster Sheffield Airport]] and 80 more flights were cancelled due to health and safety reasons at [[Manchester Airport]].<ref name="bloomberg1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aAax_xI5FcZQ&refer=uk|date=18 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|title=Harsh Winds Batter Europe, Killing 12, Stranding Ship}}</ref> Many flights were delayed at Ireland's airports on the morning of 19 January due to the high winds in Ireland, however by afternoon they were delayed because of high winds elsewhere in Europe. Several flights at [[Frankfurt Airport]] were cancelled due to the bad weather.<ref name="SPON-460538">{{cite web|title=Orkan im Ansturm – 40.000 THW-Helfer in Bereitschaft|date=18 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,460538,00.html|publisher=SPIEGEL Online|language=de}}</ref> Overall, during 18 and 19 January [[Swiss International Air Lines]] announced the cancellation of at least 88 flights, [[British Airways]] cancelled 180 flights and [[Lufthansa]] cut 329 flights and warned of more delays before the service began to return to normal.<ref name="bloomberg2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aquh5E9MXSyc&refer=europe|date=19 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007 |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |title=Harsh Europe Cleans Up After Hurricane-Force Winds Kill 41|author=Alex Morales}}</ref> ===Railways=== [[File:KyrillImICEWuerzburg.jpg|thumb|right|Stranded travellers sleeping in an [[InterCityExpress|ICE]] train stopped at [[Würzburg Hauptbahnhof|Würzburg station]]]] The storm seriously affected the 18 January [[rush hour]] all over Great Britain, with heavy snowfalls in [[Scotland]] adding to the unpleasant situation. A general {{convert|50|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} speed restriction was put in place by [[Network Rail]] to minimise possible damages. [[First Great Western]] services between [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] and [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff]] were cancelled with the line from London to [[Reading railway station|Reading]] closed, and the [[East Coast Main Line]] was operating on a reduced timetable. [[Virgin Trains West Coast]] services were cancelled from London to Scotland. [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge station]] was closed after glass panels came loose from the roof.<ref name="BBC-6272193">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6272193.stm|work=BBC News|title=Nine dead as UK struck by storms|date=18 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007}}</ref> In the Netherlands, all train services ceased operating on the evening of 18 January. The station in [[Delft]] and the [[Amsterdam Centraal|central station in Amsterdam]] were evacuated due to roof damages.<ref name="volkskrant">{{cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article388946.ece/Drie_doden_door_storm%2C_treinverkeer_gestaakt|title=Drie doden door storm, treinverkeer gestaakt|access-date=21 January 2007|date=18 January 2007|publisher=[[De Volkskrant]]|language=nl}}</ref> A train driver sustained minor injuries when his train hit a tree that had fallen onto the railway near [[Venlo]]. German railway operator [[Deutsche Bahn]] at first limited the maximum speed of its trains to {{cvt|200|km/h|mph}},<ref name="SPON-460538" /> then all services on the domestic [[InterCity]]/[[InterCityExpress]] network as well as the local services in Northern and Western Germany were discontinued from 17:15 on 18 January onwards, as major main lines (Bremen-Hannover, Hamburg-Hanover, Bremen-Osnabrück) and many branch lines were affected by the storm. In an unprecedented move, Deutsche Bahn discontinued virtually all train services in Germany at 19:30 CET until further notice, with only very limited local services running on a per-line decision basis. Trains currently on the lines would stop at the next station and stay there, leaving passengers stranded all over Germany in the tens of thousands. Later, as the situation was worsening, trains were left open for those passengers unable to find a hotel to sleep in. In major affected stations, such as [[Münster Hauptbahnhof|Münster]] and [[Hannover Hauptbahnhof|Hanover]], [[air raid shelter]]s in the stations were opened up for the night, with the [[Red Cross]] issuing blankets to stranded passengers.<ref name="SPON-460681">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,460681,00.html|title=Bahn stellt Verkehr in weiten Teilen Deutschlands ein|access-date=18 January 2007|date=18 January 2007|publisher=SPIEGEL ONLINE|language=de}}</ref> Train services were resumed on the morning of 19 January, but cancellations and delays continued during the weekend as {{convert|34000|km|mi}} of track needed to be checked and cleared. The DB was faced by the massive challenge of getting its network into working order again after coming to a full stop during the night, the first such event ever to happen on the German railway network in peacetime.<ref name="SPON-460869">{{cite web|publisher=SPIEGEL ONLINE|title=Bahn-Alptraum auf 34.000 Kilometern|date=19 January 2007|access-date=19 January 2007|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,460869,00.html|language=de}}</ref> On 18 January, an [[InterCity]] train ran into a tree that had fallen onto the tracks between [[Elmshorn]] and [[Westerland, Germany|Westerland]]. One of the locomotives was damaged, no casualties were reported. An [[InterCity]] train with 450 passengers on board was stuck near [[Diepholz]] and had to be evacuated, [[Duisburg Hauptbahnhof]] station was suffering from a power outage as the result of a grid failure.<ref name="SPON-TICKER" /> ==== Berlin Hauptbahnhof ==== [[File:Sturmschaden am Berliner Hauptbahnhof 05.JPG|thumb|Fallen girder at [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof]]]] Late on 18 January, the [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof|central railway station in Berlin]] suffered from major structural damage. A two-ton girder fell from a height of {{convert|40|m|ft}}, damaging an outside stairwell. The station was completely evacuated, as glass plates from the façade were coming loose and falling to the pavement below.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/brandenburg/nachrichten/orkan-kyrill-berlin/88855.asp|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015231205/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/brandenburg/nachrichten/orkan-kyrill-berlin/88855.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2009|title=Stahlträger am Hauptbahnhof abgerissen|date=18 January 2007|access-date=19 January 2007|publisher=Der Tagesspiegel|language=de}}</ref> On the early afternoon of 19 January, the station was opened to the public again.<ref name="SPON-TICKER-FREITAG" /> Discussion started as to whether the eight-month-old station was suffering from design failures, but these claims were rejected by both Deutsche Bahn and the architect. The girders provide no means of structural support and are, for architectural reasons, only lying on small supports similar to a [[shelf (storage)|shelf]] and not permanently fixed in place. The DB claimed that it will address the problem by welding additional supports in front of the girders, and that they would close the station at winds exceeding 8 [[Beaufort scale|bft]] (> {{cvt|75|km/h|mph|disp=or}}) until the problem was resolved. On the afternoon of 21 January 2007, the station was closed again to the public due to heavy winds at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Berliner Hauptbahnhof erneut gesperrt|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/vignettetosophora102-vignette_cid-6324268.html|publisher=tagesschau.de|date=21 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605075124/http://www.tagesschau.de/vignettetosophora102-vignette_cid-6324268.html|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and remained closed until 20:00 CET.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbb-online.de/_/nachrichten/vermischtes/beitrag_jsp/key=news5355375.html|date=21 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|publisher=[[Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg]]|title=Berliner Hauptbahnhof wieder geöffnet|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155517/http://www.rbb-online.de/_/nachrichten/vermischtes/beitrag_jsp/key=news5355375.html|archive-date=30 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Storm Worm=== One of the quickest spreading computer worms of all time appears to have been named for this event. The [[Storm Worm]] causes massive amounts of spam to appear on a user's computer. Some of the emails that appear reference Kyrill in them.<ref name="storm worm zd">{{cite news|title='Storm Worm' rages across the globe|url=http://www.zdnetasia.com/storm-worm-rages-across-the-globe-61983785.htm|access-date=28 December 2011|newspaper=ZD Net|date=22 January 2007}}</ref> ===Casualties and fatalities=== According to the [[BBC News]], at least 43&nbsp;people were killed by the evening of 19 January.<ref name="BBC-6277537">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6277537.stm|title=Poland battered by deadly storm|date=19 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|work=BBC News}}</ref> The casualties were distributed as follows: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Fatalities ! Country |- | 13 | [[Germany]] |- | 11 | [[United Kingdom]] |- | 7 | [[Ireland]] |- | 7 | [[The Netherlands]] |- | 6 | [[Poland]] |- | 4 | [[Czech Republic]] |- | 3 | [[France]] |- | 3 | [[Belgium]] |- | 1 | [[Austria]] |} ==== Western Europe ==== ===== United Kingdom ===== In the United Kingdom the storm caused thirteen<ref name="thirteendeaths">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=April 27, 2007 |title=Boss's death a 'freak accident' |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2007/04/27/bosss-death-a-freak-accident/ |work=The Shropshire Star |location= |access-date=June 14, 2021}}</ref> deaths: * The first casualty of the storm was the managing director of [[Birmingham Airport]], who was killed around 05:45 GMT when his car collided with a tree uprooted by high winds in [[Shropshire]]; a branch penetrated the [[windscreen]] and impaled him.<ref name="BBC-6273773">{{cite news|date=18 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|work=BBC News|title=Airport boss dies in heavy storms|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6273773.stm}}</ref><ref name="thirteendeaths"/> * In the London district of [[Kentish Town]], a two-year-old boy died in hospital after receiving severe head injuries when a wall fell on him while he was walking with his [[childminder]] in the afternoon of 18 January.<ref name="BBC-6279857">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6279857.stm|title=Two-year-old storm victim named|work=BBC News|access-date=19 January 2007|date=19 January 2007}}</ref> * A female lorry driver was killed on the [[A629 road|A629]] in Yorkshire when her lorry overturned and was blown into a [[canal]].<ref name="BBC-6278139">{{cite news|date=18 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|work=BBC News|title=In full:Weather-related deaths|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6278139.stm}}</ref> * A male lorry driver, who was a German national, was killed on the [[A55 road|A55]] near [[Chester]] in a similar incident.<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> * The front-seat male passenger of a car on the [[A329 road|A329]] was killed when a branch hit the car near [[Streatley, Berkshire]]; the driver was injured.<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> * A man was blown into metal [[Window shutter|shutters]] at an [[industrial estate]] in Manchester and died.<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> * In [[Byley]], Cheshire, a man was hit by a tree while working on a [[construction site]].<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> * An elderly man was killed in [[North Lincolnshire]] by a collapsing shed.<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> * A woman in [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]] was killed when a wall she tried to shelter behind fell onto her.<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> * In [[Lancashire]], a man was hit by a falling [[Canopy (building)|canopy]] at a [[petrol station]] whilst refuelling and later died in hospital.<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> * In [[Woofferton]], Shropshire, a lorry driver collided with another vehicle and died on the scene.<ref name="BBC-6278139" /> ===== The Netherlands ===== Seven people in the [[Netherlands]] were killed as a result of the weather. * Two people died when a falling tree hit their car between [[Arnhem]] and [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]]. * A man near [[Oosterhout]] was killed in a collision with a truck. * A motorcyclist died near [[Leersum]] after a collision with a tree, as well as a 17-year-old boy on a [[moped]] in [[Sint Oedenrode]]. * An 11-year-old boy in [[Riel (Eindhoven)|Riel]] was blown in front of a car, which drove over him. The boy died on the scene. * A 59-year-old man in [[Staphorst]] was blown off of the roof of his barn, as he was repairing the damage caused by the storm. * Six people were injured when a crane fell through the roof of a [[Utrecht University]] building.<ref name="volkskrant" /> The National Crisis Centre advised people to stay indoors, the first time such a warning has been issued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=35648|title=Huge storm causes havoc, public told not to stay indoors|date=18 January 2007|publisher=expatica.com|access-date=18 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104834/http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=35648|archive-date=29 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===== France ===== In France, a driving instructor in [[Roubaix]] was killed when an electricity pole fell on top of her car. The student was severely injured. A 30-year-old man died near [[Abbeville]], when a swerving truck crashed into his car. A woman in [[Lille]] was reported missing after the roof of a store collapsed.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|publisher=Le Monde|title=La tempête fait au moins onze morts en Europe, dont deux dans le nord de la France|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3228,36-857115@51-856676,0.html|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120232501/http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3228,36-857115@51-856676,0.html|archive-date=20 January 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> There was significant damage to the cathedral at [[Saint-Omer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/weather/Story/0,,1994411,00.html|work=The Guardian|title=42 killed as storms sweep Europe|date=19 January 2007|access-date=19 January 2007 | location=London | first=James | last=Sturcke}}</ref> ===== Belgium ===== Three people in [[Belgium]] fell victim to the storm; a 16-year-old girl in [[Halle, Belgium|Halle]] died when a wall she was standing by collapsed and a man died in the [[Liège (province)|province of Liège]] after a tree fell on top of his car.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2007 |access-date=18 January 2007 |publisher=VRT Nieuws |title=Twee doden door de zware storm |url=http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_master/versie2/nieuws/details/070118StormUpdate/index.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120060223/http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_master/versie2/nieuws/details/070118StormUpdate/index.shtml |archive-date=20 January 2007 |language=nl |url-status=dead}}</ref> In Antwerp a 12-year-old boy was hit and seriously injured by a falling beam, and later died of his injuries.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 January 2007 |access-date=21 January 2007 |publisher=VRT Nieuws |title=Jongen bezwijkt aan verwondingen storm |url=http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_master/versie2/nieuws/details/070121jongenoverleden/index.shtml |language=nl }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ====Central Europe==== [[File:20070119 Ampel verkehrt.jpg|thumb|Twisted traffic light in the [[Danube]] area in [[Upper Austria]]]] ===== Germany ===== [[File:kyrill balve.jpg|thumb|right|Forest in [[Balve]]]] Germany was the country most severely hit by the storm, with 13 casualties as of 21 January 2007. Most deaths occurred on 18 and 19 January, though some victims were only injured at first and later died in hospital. * In the [[Munich]] borough of [[Milbertshofen]], an 18-month-old child was severely injured by a patio door that had broken out of its hinges. The child later died in hospital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,zm3/muenchen/artikel/698/98600/ |date=18 January 2007 |access-date=25 January 2007 |title=Orkan tötet 18 Monate altes Mädchen |publisher=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121161117/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/%2Czm3/muenchen/artikel/698/98600/ |archive-date=21 January 2007}}</ref><ref name="SPIEGEL-460681">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,460681,00.html|title=Orkantief "Kyrill": Bahn stellt Fernverkehr in Deutschland ein|date=21 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|publisher=SPIEGEL Online|language=de}}</ref><ref name="WELT-1182481">{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article709998/Sturmtief_Kyrill_fordert_Dutzende_Todesopfer.html|title=Sturmtief "Kyrill" forderte Dutzende Todesopfer|newspaper=[[Die Welt]]|date=19 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|language=de}}</ref> * Near [[Kirrlach]] in the state of [[Baden-Württemberg]], a motorist tried to avoid a tree that had fallen onto the road and crashed into an oncoming vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene.<ref name="WELT-1182481" /> * A 73-year-old man was crushed by a [[barn]] door in [[Gersthofen]] in the district of [[Augsburg (district)|Augsburg]].<ref name="SPIEGEL-460681" /> * A [[Firefighter|fireman]] was killed in [[Tönisvorst]] in North Rhine-Westphalia while cleaning up after the storm.<ref name="WDR-070118">{{cite web|url=http://www.wdr.de/themen/panorama/wetter/sturmwarnung/070118.jhtml|title=Orkan: Zwei Todesopfer in NRW|publisher=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]]|date=19 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120151416/http://www.wdr.de/themen/panorama/wetter/sturmwarnung/070118.jhtml|archive-date=20 January 2007}}</ref> * A 36-year-old motorist was killed in [[Hildesheim]] by a fallen tree.<ref name="WELT-1182481" /> * A motorcycle driver slid under a tree in [[Essen]], dying in hospital on 21 January.<ref name="WELT-1182481" /> * On the "Wiedenbrücker Straße" in [[Lippstadt]], a 23-year-old woman was killed when her car was hit by a falling [[birch]] tree.<ref name="WDR-070118" /> * A man was killed when a [[gable]] of a nearby building collapsed in [[Groß Rodensleben]] in the state of [[Saxony-Anhalt]].<ref name="WELT-1182481" /> * In [[Strausberg]] in Brandenburg, a 25-year-old man crashed into a fallen tree with his car.<ref name="WELT-1182481" /> * Near [[Finnentrop]], a man died after not noticing a tree that had fallen onto the road and crashing into it.<ref name="WELT-1182481" /> * A man in [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]] was killed by a falling tree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/vignettetosophora102-vignette_cid-6324746.html|title=Folgen des Orkantiefs "Kyrill" fast bewältigt|publisher=tagesschau.de|date=21 January 2007|access-date=21 January 2007|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605075220/http://www.tagesschau.de/vignettetosophora102-vignette_cid-6324746.html|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> =====Poland===== * A [[crane (machine)|crane]] operator was killed in [[Katowice]] when a {{convert|25|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} crane broke in half.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1468260,11,item.html |title=Wichury w Polsce – pierwsza ofiara |publisher=[[Onet.pl]] |date=18 January 2007 |access-date=18 January 2007 |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119032402/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1468260%2C11%2Citem.html |archive-date=19 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{cvt|20|ft|m|0|order=flip}} electrical signs were torn off the hotel Wyspianski building in [[Krakow]], causing widespread damage. * In [[Elblag]] between 17th and 19 January temperatures reached between {{convert|4|and|9|C|F}}, causing severe thunderstorm with heavy rain, winds up to 100&nbsp;km/h and sub 1000-mbar pressure. * By 19 January a total of 6 casualties and 19&nbsp;people wounded have been reported, nearly 800 thousand households lacked electricity due to the damage done by the storm, about 500 were damaged.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 January 2007|access-date=19 January 2007|publisher=gazeta.pl|title=Sześć ofiar śmiertelnych huraganu w Polsce, wiatr już słabnie|url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,53600,3860945.html|language=pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129163047/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1%2C53600%2C3860945.html|archive-date=29 January 2008}}</ref> =====Czech Republic===== * A [[Firefighter|fireman]] died in [[Slunečná]] ([[Liberec Region]]) when the wind threw a tree trunk on him while he and his colleagues were clearing the road. * Two young men died in [[Vestec (Prague-West District)|Vestec]] near Prague when a tree fell on their car.<ref name="Czech-damage" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/orkan-kyrill-ma-v-cr-uz-tri-obeti_106940_g2egs.html|publisher=novinky.cz|title=Orkán Kyrill má v ČR už tři oběti|date=18 January 2007|access-date=18 January 2007|language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120044219/http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/orkan-kyrill-ma-v-cr-uz-tri-obeti_106940_g2egs.html|archive-date=20 January 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{clear}} ==Highest wind gust per country== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Country ! Highest Gust ! Location |- | {{Flag|Austria}} | 201 km/h | [[Zugspitze]] |- | {{Flag|Belarus}} | 162 km/h | [[Rechitsa]] |- | {{Flag|Belgium}} | 142 km/h | [[Bredene]] |- | {{Flag|Czechia}} | 205 km/h | [[Harrachov]] |- | {{Flag|Denmark}} | 156 km/h | [[Rømø]] |- | {{Flag|Estonia}} | 145 km/h | [[Vilsandi]] |- | {{Flag|France}} | 167 km/h | [[Ouessant]] |- | {{Flag|Germany}} | 202 km/h | [[Wendelstein]] |- | {{Flag|Ireland}} | 145 km/h | [[Dunmore]] |- | {{Flag|Latvia}} | 144 km/h | [[Liepaja]] |- | {{Flag|Lithuania}} | 146 km/h | [[Klaipeda]] |- | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | 130 km/h | [[Wincrange]] |- | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | 140 km/h | [[Burgh-Haamstede]] |- | {{Flag|Norway}} | 135 km/h | [[Spangereid]] |- | {{Flag|Poland}} | 212 km/h | [[Snezka]] |- | {{Flag|Russia}} | 175 km/h | [[Baltiysk]] |- | {{Flag|Slovakia}} | 161 km/h | [[Lesnica]] & [[Zuberec]] |- | {{Flag|Sweden}} | 144 km/h | [[Karlskrona]] |- | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | 164 km/h | [[Kamjanets-Podilsky]] |- | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | 160 km/h | [[The Needles]] |} ==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> Image:Aa kyrill treedown wytpk.jpg|Windthrown tree in [[Wythenshawe Park]], Manchester, England Image:Aa kyrill treesdown 02007 01 28 2.jpg|Windthrown part of tree, [[Wythenshawe Park]], Manchester, England Image:Aa kyrill wytpk branchesoff.jpg|Branches broken off a tree in [[Wythenshawe Park]], Manchester, England. Windthrown tree in background Image:Aa kyrill treedown hale 2007 01 18.jpg|Windthrown tree after first-stage clearing up, [[Hale, Greater Manchester]], England Image:Lindenberg Windbruch.JPG|The forest on the [[Lindenberg (Thuringian Forest)|Lindenberg]] mountain above [[Ilmenau]], Germany was heavily damaged File:Abies concolor lowiana roots.JPG|[[Low's White Fir|Abies concolor subsp. lowiana]] roots in Botanical Garden in Wrocław. This tree was overthrown by hurricane Kyrill at night on 18 January 2007. The age of this tree is ca. 65–70 years File:Fichtenkultur.jpg|Young [[Picea abies|spruce group]] ("Picea abies") marginal [[Windthrow|windthrow area]] twelve years after Kyrill / [[Vogelsberg Mountains|Vogelsberg]], Germany </gallery> ==See also== * [[Global storm activity of 2007]] * [[January 2007 North American Ice Storm]] == References == {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} == External links == {{Commons category|Kyrill (storm)}} {{wikinews|UK storms grind traffic to standstill}} * {{in lang|de}} [http://www.spiegel.de/videoplayer/0,6298,15583,00.html SPIEGEL online video summary of events (needs Flash)]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208024354/http://www.schuai.net/VirtualWave3D/Kyrill/ 3D Animation of Storm "Kyrill" reconstructed from Satellite Images (January 18, 2007), University of Heidelberg] {{European windstorms}} {{Weather events in Ireland}} {{Weather events in the United Kingdom}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyrill (Storm)}} [[Category:2007 in Europe]] [[Category:2007 in Germany]] [[Category:2007 disasters in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:2007 meteorology]] [[Category:2007 natural disasters]] [[Category:European windstorms]] [[Category:Weather events in Ireland]] [[Category:2007 in Ireland]] [[Category:2007 in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Weather events in Germany]] [[Category:Weather events in the Netherlands]] [[Category:January 2007 events in Europe]] [[Category:2007 disasters in Europe]]'