Storm Aurore

Storm Aurore was a notably early extratropical cyclone in late October 2021 that impacted several areas of Europe, causing substantial damages.

The third named storm of the 2021–22 European windstorm season, Aurore was first noted on 20 October by Meteo France over the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland.

Flash floods also affected the U.K. and a total of six deaths were confirmed from the system: Four in Poland, one in the United Kingdom and another in Germany.

[2] A strong extratropical cyclone over the north Atlantic Ocean was named Hendrik I by the Free University of Berlin on 16 October.

The cyclone first impacted the Atlantic coast of Brittany, downing and uprooting trees and damaging roofs across the area.

Along Normandy, Champagne-Ardennes, Paris, and Île-de-France, train services were disrupted while an under-construction house in Plozévet, Finistère.

In Woking, high winds caused cladding panels from the under construction Victoria Square skyscraper to fall to the street, resulting in evacuations but no injuries.

[20] Meanwhile, as the storm impacted the country, snow hit the northern portion of the UK due to a passing cold front, but no damage was reported as of 21 October.

Transportation services were also affected significantly, due to roadways being blocked by downed trees and railway lines.

Several passengers at Prague Václav Havel Airport were also stranded due to strong winds from the storm, preventing them to board safely.

[23] The ČEZ Distribuce declared the aforementioned region, Děčín, Česká Lípa, Chrudim, Pardubice, Trutnov, Náchod and Havlíčkův Brod due to the storm's damages.

[24][25] Due to Aurore, its meteorological bureau placed several areas in northwest Poland of second-degree warning on 21 October.

[30][31][32] The Deutsche Bahn, a railway line station in Germany announced that train services across North Rhine-Westphalia, along with three states in its central and eastern portion were canceled due to the storm.

Aurore also spawned a tornado in Kiel on 21 October, causing several trees to be uprooted and affect cars and public greenhouses being totally wrecked.

[34] Weather stations in Feldberg and the Black Forest both recorded winds of 166 kilometres per hour (103 mph) on 22 October, associated with Aurore.

[35] The only death from the storm in Germany was recorded on 21 October, when a train worker was killed by a falling tree branch.