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Vivian (storm)

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Formed
  
25 February 1990

Lowest pressure
  
940.3 hPa (27.77 inHg)

Dissipated
  
28 February 1990

Dates
  
25 Feb 1990 – 28 Feb 1990

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Type
  
European windstorm, Extratropical cyclone

Areas affected
  
Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Similar
  
Cyclone Niklas, North Sea flood of 2007, Burchardi flood, Great Storm of 1987, Saint Marcellus' flood

Vivian was a European windstorm that affected Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom on 25–28 February 1990.

Death toll: The fatalities are given as 64 persons, the damage is estimated as ca. 1.11 billion €.

Wiebke (storm)

  • From 28 February to 1 March 1990
  • In central Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
  • Death toll: 35 persons
  • Particularly in mountain regions, a large number of trees were damaged. (Even complete spruce and beech stands/forests). Hundreds of trees were bent or thrown like matches. Extrapolations go of 60 to 70 million cubic meters of extra "cut" wood by the storm, which corresponded to about twice the annual harvesting in Germany.

    References

    Vivian (storm) Wikipedia