Cyclone Emma (2008)

Within a few hours, the depression had strengthened a lot, and had deepened to 959 hPa (28.3 inHg) near the Faroe Islands.

On the evening of 29 February, the warm front reaches the German coast, causing great amounts of rain.

It makes landfall on the evening of 29 February, followed by violent gusts of wind reaching a maximum of 150 km/h (93 mph).

In a number of German regions, these gusts push the authorities to stop the railway and car traffics.

In Belgium, firemen carry out a hundred interventions throughout the night, mainly due to trees being brought down by the wind.

In North Rhine-Westphalia, more than a million cube meters of windthrow are reported to have been caused by the storm.

Important damage is reported in a number of locations, while winds reaching 190 km/h (120 mph) are measured in the Austrian Alps.

A train linking Warsaw and Kraków is cancelled due to security concerns, while important material damage and the death of two people are reported.