25-08-2022 12:00 | European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) | m.b.t. 18-08-2022
On 18 August, severe storms occurred in a swath from Menorca through Corsica, northern Italy, Slovenia, Austria, and southern Czechia. The event featured giant hail up to 11 cm in diameter and extremely severe wind gusts up to 62.2 m/s. In total, 12 people died and 106 people were injured by wind and hail. All fatalities, and most of the injuries, were caused by a long-lived convective system that produced a swath of severe to extremely severe wind gusts. The windstorm event can easily be classified as a derecho, a particularly long-lived and severe convective windstorm as the official criteria for a derecho were clearly met: its damage path exceeded 1000 km in length and wind gusts > 32 m/s were measured in Corsica, Italy, and Austria along the path of the storm.
Hagel(-schade) | Onweer/blikseminslag | Tornado/hoosverschijnsel(en) | Verslag/analyse | Wateroverlast/(zware) neerslag | Wind/storm (-schade)
