Storm Pia

Storm Pia was a powerful windstorm that affected Northwest Europe in December 2023. Storm Pia was named by the Danish Meteorological Institute. 

Impact

Damages
At Schiphol Airport more than 200 flights were cancelled due to the storm. https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1994526279/schiphol-schrapt-donderdag-ruim-200-vluchten-om-voorspelde-harde-wind 

Many ferries, trains and flights were cancelled, and many bridges were closed.
Roads had to be cleared from fallen trees and overturned lorries. And many households were left without power due to downed power lines. https://www.wral.com/story/a-storm-in-europe-disrupts-german-trains-a-woman-was-killed-by-a-falling-christmas-tree-in-belgium/21207164/ https://www.wral.com/story/a-storm-in-europe-disrupts-german-trains-a-woman-was-killed-by-a-falling-christmas-tree-in-belgium/21207164/ 

Flooding
In the Netherlands multiple coastal places flooded due to high tides caused by a storm surge. https://nos.nl/l/2502480

Parts of Germany also experienced flooding. https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/wetter-weihnachten-regen-unwetter-warnung-100.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Tief-Zoltan-bringt-schwere-Sturmflut-nach-Hamburg,sturm4116.html

Fatalities
 Country Fatalities  1 https://noe.orf.at/stories/3237792/  1 https://www.wral.com/story/a-storm-in-europe-disrupts-german-trains-a-woman-was-killed-by-a-falling-christmas-tree-in-belgium/21207164/  1 https://ugeavisen.dk/indland/overblik-pia-har-mest-foert-til-anmeldelser-om-vaeltede-traeer  2 https://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/regionales/buende-zaun-mann-tod-sturm-w823438-2001042055/ https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/thueringen/sued-thueringen/hildburghausen/unfall-rettungseinsatz-vermisster-polizei-feuerwehr-100.html  1 https://nos.nl/artikel/2502510-vrouw-die-gewond-raakte-bij-storm-pia-overleden Total 6

Highest wind gust per country
 Country  Gust Location  Source    Lemvig https://www.dmi.dk/vejrarkiv   Großer Arber  https://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/2023/obsday/DE_FX_2023122200.png   Vlieland & Stavoren   https://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/2023/obsday/NL_FX_2023122100.png   Cairngorms  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67773173

References

Category:2023 in weather