, Netherlands On the day of the landfall, an approximate 25,000 homes in southern England were without electricity after
electricity pylons were damaged by the storm. Same day, the German states of
Brandenburg, Saxony and
Saxony-Anhalt were hit by a massive power cut. Fifty-two thousand homes were without energy, according to local utility
envia. The German district
Siegen-Wittgenstein had issued a
state of emergency, with schools remaining closed on Friday, 19 January, and roads not to be cleared right away, but closed instead until the situation improved. By the second day of the storm, more than one million homes were left without power in the
Czech Republic with another million households without electricity in Germany and tens of thousands dark homes in
Austria and
Poland. In Poland, a flood alarm was issued in several localities due to large rainfalls and the storm damaged several houses in the region of
Jelenia Góra. In
Ukraine, the supply of oil through the
Druzhba pipeline came to a complete halt as a result of the storm. Strong winds over the Alps became
foehn wind and caused unusually high temperatures in Italy (up to in
Turin). In Ireland thousands of homes were left without power and heavy downpours caused flash flooding. In the Netherlands, the storm flood warning system (
Stormvloedwaarschuwingsdienst) was activated, as the approaching storm was measured in excess of 10
Beaufort. Alarms were issued to two northern regions,
Delfzijl and
Harlingen, at approximately 22:30 CET on Thursday 18 January. The water level peaked in the early hours of Friday, almost above the astronomical prediction level. High winds in the
Alps prompted the Austrian weather service to advise the skiers and snowboarders to seek shelter, and caused at least one major motorway tunnel closure. The cost of the damage across Europe to the insurance industry has been estimated by Swiss Re as €3.5 billion. In the UK, the cost to the insurance industry could be as high as £350 million (€520 million). As the event is relatively recent for the insurance industry these are unlikely to be the final costs.
Notable buildings Several windows were broken at the
Römisch-Germanisches Museum in
Cologne, Germany by
plywood that was covering a
fountain near
Cologne Cathedral. The wood caused major damage to the encasing of a
Roman mosaic dating to the 3rd century. The Römisch-Germanisches Museum building was originally constructed around the mosaic. As of January 2007, it was still unclear whether the mosaic had suffered damage, as museum staff had announced the clean-up would at least take a week due to the fragility of the exhibit. Museum manager Bernhard Ostermann had estimated that the mosaic was damaged in 100 to 150 places. The chapel of
Wittenberg Castle in
Wittenberg, Germany, which is a
World Heritage Site, lost several of its
sandstone merlons. They broke off during the storm, damaging several
stained-glass windows in their fall.
Harbours and shipping '' when it was abandoned The
container ship MSC Napoli, whilst on its way to
Portugal carrying 2,394 containers, of which 158 were classed as hazardous substances, had to be abandoned in the
English Channel on the 18th. The crew of 26 were picked up by British and French
rescue services. The next day the Napoli was under tow for repair at
Portland Harbour in Dorset, but with forecasts of further high winds it was taken to shelter in
Lyme Bay. The ship had suffered structural damage, including a hole on the
starboard side and water flooding and had to be beached in the bay off the
East Devon coast at
Branscombe The ship leaked oil, sparking a clean-up operation, and widespread reporting in the national news led to the wreck temporarily becoming a tourist attraction and subject to scavenging from the containers which washed up on the beach. The wreck was subject to a complex break-up operation which was not complete until July 2009. The ferry services between
Fishguard and
Rosslare were cancelled, as well as the ferries to
Heligoland and most
West Frisian Islands,
East Frisian and
North Frisian islands. In Ireland,
Dublin Port was forced to completely close for a time—the first time in history the port has closed. Two fishing vessels sank at sea, with a total loss of seven lives. A third vessel engaged in the rescue attempts also sank but the crew were rescued. A
storm tide with sea levels of up to above mean
tide was announced for the coastal areas of
Lower Saxony and
Schleswig-Holstein by the state governments; however, the storm had already passed those areas before
high tide had set in, so there was less damage than expected. The Cypriot-flagged freighter
Golden Sky, carrying a load of fertiliser and fuel oil, ran aground near
Ventspils, off the coast of
Latvia; the ship's crew were rescued in a joint Latvian and Swedish operation.
Road transport Many countries suffered from road and motorway closures. In the United Kingdom, the major motorways
M1,
M6 and
M18 were closed in several places, as well as the
M25 ring road around London and a number of other motorways. Bridges including the M6
Thelwall Viaduct in
Warrington, the M25
Dartford Crossing in London and the M1
Tinsley Viaduct in
Sheffield were closed due to high winds. All
Pennine Passes were closed. Closures were largely due to the toppling of multiple high-sided vehicles. Other motorways were affected by significant delays. Long queues developed around blackspots, in particular replacement crossings of the
Manchester Ship Canal including routes through
Warrington and over the
Runcorn Bridge. In Germany, a number of motorways, especially those with bridges over the
Rhine or those with
valley bridges, also faced closures due to high winds. The Dutch police advised drivers of empty
lorries not to enter the Netherlands. Many roads were also closed in Ireland due to fallen trees and overturned lorries.
Air transport More than 280 flights were cancelled at
Heathrow Airport, over 120 flights were cancelled at
Doncaster Sheffield Airport and 80 more flights were cancelled due to health and safety reasons at
Manchester Airport. Many flights were delayed at Ireland's airports on the morning of 19 January due to the high winds in Ireland; however, by afternoon they were delayed because of high winds elsewhere in Europe. Several flights at
Frankfurt Airport were cancelled due to the bad weather. Overall, during 18 and 19 January
Swiss International Air Lines announced the cancellation of at least 88 flights,
British Airways cancelled 180 flights and
Lufthansa cut 329 flights and warned of more delays before the service began to return to normal.
Railways train stopped at
Würzburg station The storm seriously affected the 18 January
rush hour all over Great Britain, with heavy snowfalls in
Scotland adding to the unpleasant situation. A general speed restriction was put in place by
Network Rail to minimise possible damages.
First Great Western services between
London Paddington and
Cardiff were cancelled with the line from London to
Reading closed, and the
East Coast Main Line was operating on a reduced timetable.
Virgin Trains West Coast services were cancelled from London to Scotland.
London Bridge station was closed after glass panels came loose from the roof. In the Netherlands, all train services ceased operating on the evening of 18 January. The station in
Delft and the
central station in Amsterdam were evacuated due to roof damages. A train driver sustained minor injuries when his train hit a tree that had fallen onto the railway near
Venlo. German railway operator at first limited the maximum speed of its trains to , Train services were resumed on the morning of 19 January, but cancellations and delays continued during the weekend as of track needed to be checked and cleared. The DB was faced by the massive challenge of getting its network into working order again after coming to a full stop during the night, the first such event ever to happen on the German railway network in peacetime. On 18 January, an
InterCity train ran into a tree that had fallen onto the tracks between
Elmshorn and
Westerland. One of the locomotives was damaged, no casualties were reported. An
InterCity train with 450 passengers on board was stuck near
Diepholz and had to be evacuated,
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof station was suffering from a power outage as the result of a grid failure. On the early afternoon of 19 January, the station was opened to the public again. and remained closed until 20:00 CET.
Storm Worm One of the quickest-spreading computer worms of all time appears to have been named for this event. The
Storm Worm causes massive amounts of spam to appear on a user's computer. Some of the emails that appear reference Kyrill in them.
Casualties and fatalities According to the
BBC News, at least 43 people were killed by the evening of 19 January. The casualties were distributed as follows:
Western Europe United Kingdom In the United Kingdom the storm caused thirteen deaths: • The first casualty of the storm was the managing director of
Birmingham Airport, who was killed around 05:45 GMT when his car collided with a tree uprooted by high winds in
Shropshire; a branch penetrated the
windscreen and impaled him. • A female lorry driver was killed on the
A629 in Yorkshire when her lorry overturned and was blown into a
canal. • A male lorry driver, who was a German national, was killed on the
A55 near
Chester when his lorry overturned.
France In France, a driving instructor in
Roubaix was killed when an electricity pole fell on top of her car. The student was severely injured. A 30-year-old man died near
Abbeville, when a swerving truck crashed into his car. A woman in
Lille was reported missing after the roof of a store collapsed. There was significant damage to the cathedral at
Saint-Omer.
Belgium Three people in
Belgium fell victim to the storm; a 16-year-old girl in
Halle died when a wall she was standing by collapsed and a man died in the
province of Liège after a tree fell on top of his car. In Antwerp a 12-year-old boy was hit and seriously injured by a falling beam, and later died of his injuries.
Central Europe area in
Upper Austria Germany Germany was the country most severely hit by the storm, with 13 casualties as of 21 January 2007. Most deaths occurred on 18 and 19 January, though some victims were only injured at first and later died in hospital. • In the
Munich borough of
Milbertshofen, an 18-month-old child was severely injured by a patio door that had broken out of its hinges. The child later died in hospital. • Near
Kirrlach in the state of
Baden-Württemberg, a motorist tried to avoid a tree that had fallen onto the road and crashed into an oncoming vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene. • A 36-year-old motorist was killed in
Hildesheim by a fallen tree.
Poland • A
crane operator was killed in
Katowice when a crane broke in half. • electrical signs were torn off the hotel Wyspianski building in
Kraków, causing widespread damage. • In
Elbląg between 17th and 19 January temperatures reached between , causing severe thunderstorm with heavy rain, winds up to 100 km/h and sub-1000-mbar pressure. • By 19 January a total of 6 casualties and 19 people wounded have been reported, nearly 800 thousand households lacked electricity due to the damage done by the storm, about 500 were damaged.
Czech Republic • A
fireman died in
Slunečná (
Liberec Region) when the wind threw a tree trunk on him while he and his colleagues were clearing the road. • Two young men died in
Vestec near Prague when a tree fell on their car. ==Highest wind gust per country==