It completed a series of eight storms that raged across Western and Central Europe in the late winter of 1990 (Daria, Herta, Judith, Nana, Ottilie, Polly, Vivian, and Wiebke).

Particularly in low mountain regions, a large number of trees, especially entire stands of spruce, Douglas fir and beech, were snapped or thrown like matchsticks.

Projections assume 60 to 70 million solid cubic metres of storm-damaged wood in the German forests, which at the time was roughly equivalent to twice the annual felling in Germany.

The establishment and operation of wet storage facilities for the preservation of the salvaged timber caused additional high costs for several years.

Forestry companies and timber transporters from Norway, Sweden, the north-west of the USA and other timber-producing nations were brought to Germany to help, causing further costs.