Cyclone Lothar[1] is regarded as the worst European windstorm recorded during the 20th century.[2] Crossing France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany between 25 December and 27 December 1999, Cyclone Lothar resulted in 110 fatalities (including 88 in France alone)[3] and more than €15 billion in damage, becoming the costliest European windstorm ever recorded.[2]
Cyclone Lothar was the second of a series of devastating European windstorms which made landfall in December 1999, occurring around three weeks after Cyclone Anatol, which caused severe damage in Denmark and nearby parts of Sweden and Germany. The day after Lothar moved over western Europe, another intense European windstorm, Cyclone Martin, caused severe damage to the south of Lothar's track.
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CycloneLothar is regarded as the worst European windstorm recorded during the 20th century. Crossing France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany between 25 December...
Germany, CycloneLothar unleashed its fury upon the western part of Europe. Following Lothar's passage, yet another intense European windstorm, Cyclone Martin...
26 – CycloneLothar kills 140 people as it crosses France, southern Germany, and Switzerland. December 27 – A day after CycloneLothar, Cyclone Martin...
Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure...
the forest was caused by a series of windstorms. On 26 December 1999, CycloneLothar raged across the Black Forest and caused even greater damage, especially...
and northern Italy. From December 26 to 28, 1999, the extra-tropical cyclonesLothar and Martin affected Western Europe. From December 20, 1999, the Iceland...
fourth highest gust since 1981 and the highest since the passage of CycloneLothar and Martin in December 1999, when a 158 km/h (98 mph) gust was measured...
replanting of the gardens, which had lost over 10,000 trees during CycloneLothar on 26 December 1999. One part of the initiative, the restoration of...
reach 12 on the Beaufort scale. Cyclone Anatol was a European windstorm. CycloneLotharCyclone Martin (1999) Storm Lothar Three extreme storms over Europe...
in an urban area were equivalent to those witnessed in Paris during CycloneLothar in 1999. A 134 mph (216 km/h) wind gust was recorded at Great Dun Fell...
emergencies), at the end of 1999, following the storming thundering path of CycloneLothar and Martin which caused the devastation and destruction of a part of...
of 1989/90. CyclonesLothar and Martin in 1999 were separated by only 36 hours. Cyclone Kyrill in 2007 followed only four days after Cyclone Per. In November...
buildings and foundations of the Carolingian cathedral. In 1999, during CycloneLothar, a copper-clad wooden turret, which weighed 26 tons, broke free from...
village was also one of the worst affected settlements in the region in CycloneLothar in December 1999. More than 7,000 tonnes of munitions, including aerial...
replanted in the 1990s, with eight hundred trees added since 1997. CycloneLothar in 1999 caused extensive damage, and brought down a number of the oldest...
around 8.46 million electricity consumers. December 26–28 - France - CycloneLothar and Martin left 3.4 million customers without electricity, and forced...
years earlier 1968 Scotland storm, caused similar damage in Glasgow CycloneLothar (1999), brought similarly prolonged high wind speeds to Paris "Friday...
notable European windstorms. European windstorm Extratropical cyclone Tropical cyclone effects in Europe Sweeney, John (January 2000). "A three-century...
cost of F1,200,000. On 26 December 1999, the mill was blown down by CycloneLothar. It was decided that the mill would be rebuilt. The first stone was...
loss in the league of that seen following the catastrophic damages of CycloneLothar and Martin in France 1999, where peak gusts of over 270 km/h (170 mph)...
Italy and the Adriatic, where minimal damage was caused. Civil defense CyclonesLothar and Martin https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iFx...
quarry is used as a storage area for the countless trees uprooted by cycloneLothar in 1999. It is flooded by now. Duthou, J.-L. et al. (1974). Les gisements...
storms in France since 1960: Tempête Vivian in 1990 (generally milder) CyclonesLothar and Martin in December 1999, which claimed 140 lives, equally severe...
towards Central Europe and Southeast Europe. This is related to the main cyclonic centre of the Icelandic Low, and the North Atlantic extratropical storm...
within the final days of the year. No race was held in 1999 due to CycloneLothar and Martin. The races for 2000 and 2005 were held on New Year's Day...
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