North Sea flood of 2007

Tilo ( in Scandinavia Andrea ) was a storm that a hurricane over northern Europe and Central Europe with the center aground on 9 November 2007 on the North Sea and in the region led to severe storm surges. The damage caused by the sea outgoing land masses on German islands were enormous. People did not come to harm.

Overview

The core of the storm depression was on the above date over southern Sweden. It winds of up to 137 km / h were measured, which corresponds to the thickness 12 on the Beaufort scale.

Behind the cold front of the low flocked to polar air and caused an early onset of winter. It was snowing in many places in the highlands of northern and central Europe. These concerns were, among others, the Central German Uplands and the Alps. Also in Belgium and Eastern Europe snow fell.

Effects

Germany

In Germany, the German Weather Service warned on November 8, 16:31 clock before the storm. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency warned of a storm surge.

Only over the North Sea, the storm reached hurricane strength. On the land side it remained in hurricane -force winds with wind speeds of up to 110 km / h

The storm resulted in Hamburg with a water level of 3.33 meters above normal high water to the heaviest flood since 1990. Portions of the Speicherstadt and the Altona fish market were under water.

In Ostfriesland Emden was the flood at 3.29 meters higher than normal in Wilhelmshaven 3.08 meters, and on the island of Borkum 2.48 meters. In Gandersum where the flood reached the level of 3.44 meters above normal, the Ems barrier was closed. In all lying outside the scope of the East Frisian port locations has resulted in significant flooding, which also the intercity train station north dike Mole was affected. For the first time confirmed the suspicion that by the closing of the Ems barrier flood stress on the non-protected him from the East Frisian coast increases. The fact is now met with a partial increase of low dike sections.

On the islands of Juist, Langeoog, Spiekeroog Wangeroog there were dunes crashes. On the island of Helgoland more than 100,000 cubic meters of sand have been flushed from the beaches. This recent significant efforts have been zunichtegemacht again for coastal protection. The ferry service to the islands had already set the day before due to heavy swell.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, for the first time, built 1991-1997 Maeslant storm surge barrier was closed to protect the port of Rotterdam and the residents in the local area people due to a storm surge. The same thing happened with the Hartel Storm surge barrier and the Oosterschelde storm surge barrier.

Norway

In Norway, the oil and gas production was set to the platforms. Concerns included the Valhall and Ekofisk reservoirs.

United Kingdom

In the UK, the Met Office warned the inhabitants of the Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands from wind gusts with speeds of up to 145 km / h

The inhabitants of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent and Essex had been warned by the authorities and several hundred people are brought into Great Yarmouth in safety. The Thames Barrier was closed.