Cyclone Per was a powerful storm with
hurricane-force winds which hit the west coast of
Sweden and
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
on the morning of 14 January 2007. In Sweden, six people died from the storm and approximately 300,000 households were left without electricity.
The storm was officially named ''Cyclone Hanno'' by the
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in poli ...
, which names all low-pressure areas that affect Europe, while the storm was named ''Per'' by the Norway Weather Service, which names all strong storms that affect Norway.
Deaths
*A man in his 60s died when his car was hit by a falling tree in
Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Sept ...
on 14 January. A woman who was traveling with him suffered minor injuries.
*A 9-year-old boy in
Motala
Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköpin ...
died after a tree fell on him at around midday on 14 January.
*A 24-year-old truck driver was killed in
Ullared when his truck was hit by a tree on 14 January.
*A 61-year-old man died in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popula ...
harbor in an accident due to the storm on 14 January.
*Two men died on January 15, one on
Öland
Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Øland'' in other Scandinavian languages, and often ''Oland'' internationally; la, Oelandia) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area ...
and one in
Småland
Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden.
Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized ...
, when working in woods in the aftermath of the storm.
See also
*
List of European windstorms
The following is a list of notable European windstorms.
Windstorms
Before 1800
1800–1899
1900–1974
1975–1999
2000–2009
2010–2018
Since 2019
See also
* European windstorm
* Extratropical cyclone
* Trop ...
References
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January 2007 events in Europe