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Tornado outbreak over central Germany. 3 tornadoes are unclassified. 1 was an F0 that travelled 12 km from Beeskow to Müllrose (Brandenburg), and 1 was a powerful F4 that brought the total destruction of Anrath, a small village, killing 3 people and injuring 100 on a 20 km path while moving at 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph). 8 cm hail fell ...
According to the European Severe Storms Laboratory, there have been 49 confirmed tornadoes in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin in 2025, resulting in 0 fatalities and 1 injury. Note that non-damaging waterspouts are included in this number but not elsewhere and that ESWD data includes Europe as well as surrounding regions. [1]
The tornado caused "major damage" across Germasogeia. Around 200 homes and apartments sustained damage and one person was injured. [1] IF0.5 Tece: Mersin: Turkey: 10:45 Unknown Unknown This tornado was a waterspout which made landfall. Some trees were damaged or uprooted. [1]
Damaging thunderstorms erupted across Western Europe Friday, May 20, producing three confirmed tornadoes in Germany. The volatile weather caused major damage to multiple cities and towns and was ...
Most storms that affected Europe have done so from August to October, which is the climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. In a survey of such European tropical cyclones from 1961 to 2010, Dr. Kieran Hickey observed that the storms generally formed west of Africa and recurved to the northeast, or formed off the east coast of the ...
While most tornadoes attain winds of less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers), the wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes can reach 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
In the autumn, there is often an uptick in severe weather following a downturn during the late summer. Instead of strengthening storm systems this autumn, which are the primary cause of severe ...
Strong tornadoes (F2, F3) do occur, but violent tornadoes (F4, F5) are quite rare - return rates for F4 events are a decade or more across the continent, and there has been no officially recorded F5s for the contemporary period in Europe. As in the US, tornadoes are far from evenly distributed. Since 1900, deadly tornadoes have occurred in ...