Cyclone Jeanett

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

Formation

Already on 23 October Jeanett could be recognized as a wave disturbance on the North Atlantic. The depression had continued to develop due to extreme temperature contrasts between polar air masses from the Arctic and warm subtropical air masses from the south a good culture medium and could therefore quickly became a hurricane low.

Course in Germany

Already on the morning of 27 October 2002 reached the Sturmfeld Jeanetts Northwest Germany and already about 5 hours later, the storm maximum was reached. Even in the lowlands there was widespread hurricane gusts of over 120 km / h In the night of 28 October, the eastern part of Germany was particularly affected with a top speed of 183 Km / h on the Fichtelbergbahn. In the evening the train traffic was paralyzed by vice nodded trees and closed roads, the only on the morning of the 28th of October again was able to resume normal operation. Only in the course of the 28th the wind in East Germany was gradually and Jeanett fired from the direction of Poland.

Affected countries

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

Damage

Across Europe, there were 47 deaths. The damage is estimated at about 1.7 billion euros, of which about two thirds were insured. In Germany the hurricane taught in insurance losses of around 660 million euros and also requested further 11 fatalities. Aon Benfield In his report " Winter storms in Europe - History 1703-2012 " by an insured loss in Germany of 1.2 billion euros.