windstorm in France, 2010

Event details

ID 20259
Country France
Year 2010
Start date 2010-02-27
End date 2010-02-28
Windstorm source Xynthia
Event Type windstorm
Area affected (km^2) 12000
Fatalities 53
Persons affected 3200000
Regions affected FR10, FRB0, FRC1, FRC2, FRE2, FRF2, FRF3, FRG0, FRI1, FRI3, FRJ2, FRK1, FRK2
Regions affected [Regions names] Île de France, Centre - Val de Loire, Bourgogne, Franche-Comté, Picardie, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine, Pays-de-la-Loire, Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes, Midi-Pyrénées, Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes
Losses (nominal value) 1320000000
Losses (original currency) EUR
Losses (mln EUR, 2020) 1
Cause
Notes compound flood event (1387 mln euro;41 fatalities);Loses due to Peralis (only windstorm - 1320 mln euro for 2010).Total losses in euro (2773;25 mln euro) based on tempetes.meteo.fr. Flood + windstorm loses close to total amount.238 km/h.Flood
References: http://tempetes.meteo.fr/Xynthia-27-et...
http://tempetes.meteo.fr/IMG/anthemis_...
https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/spec...
EM-DAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_...
https://web.archive.org/web/2014010801...
10.1111/jfr3.12011
doi.org/10.1007/s11852-013-0299-3
https://www-meteo--paris-com.translate...

Regions affected