The first storm in the series Hilde, named Otto by Free University of Berlin, and Eino in Finland was an extratropical cyclone affecting parts of northern Europe, causing disruption to electricity supplies and transportation across mid Norway, northern Sweden and central Finland during 15–18 November 2013.

Norway's second-largest city, Bergen, saw 60 mm of rain fall in 6 hours, Friday afternoon and evening.

[9] On the Norwegian national road 15, a bus from Volda to Oslo was caught in a landslide between Hjelle and Oppstryn around midnight.

[10] High winds across Finnmark in the far north of Norway were reported on 16 November, which led to the evacuation of Hammerfest Airport's tower, and grounding of all air traffic.

[19] In Finland the regions of Häme, Tampere, Ostrobothnia, Satakunta and Savo, were particularly affected, with the storm felling many trees and breaking power lines.

[citation needed] In Russia power outages were reported in the town of Lakhdenpokhya, Republic of Karelia due to the strong winds.

[21] The Saint Petersburg Dam was closed in the early morning 17 November with a storm warning in place in the city.

[22] In the Gulf of Finland the closure of the St Petersburg dam left the ferry MS Princess Maria was unable to enter port, waiting out the storm with 2800 passengers on board.

[21] Strong winds forced its St. Peter Line sister ferry the MS Princess Anastasia to return to Tallinn harbour.

Oskari was stronger than Hilde in Finland, with a maximum gust of 34.7 metres per second (125 km/h) at Märket skerry lighthouse, to the west of Åland.

[25] Named Bodil by Danish Meteorological Institute and Sven by SMHI, the storm brought Force 12 winds and heavy snowfall.

The North Sea storm surge on 4–5 December 2013 saw water damage 1,400 buildings and 6,800 hectares (17,000 acres) of land, and caused no direct deaths.

[26] This was attributed to the warnings that were issued several days in advance and the improved coastal defences that had been built since the North Sea flood of 1953.

[34] Video of shoppers in Ålesund, Norway, struggling against the wind from the storm was shown widely on internet after becoming a hit on YouTube.