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== Preparations and impacts ==
== Preparations and impacts ==

=== United Kingdom ===
The precursor [[low-pressure area]] to Poly would produce heavy rain for [[East Anglia]], causing a game in [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] to be postponed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wimbledon rain turns into Storm Poly with midweek red wind warnings for the Netherlands |url=https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/news/12037-wimbledon-rain-turns-into-storm-poly-with-midweek-red-wind-warnings-for-the-netherlands |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=www.netweather.tv |language=en}}</ref>


=== The Netherlands ===
=== The Netherlands ===

Revision as of 05:37, 15 January 2024

Storm Poly
Formed4 July 2023
Dissipated7 July 2023
Highest gust90 mph (150 km/h)
Lowest pressure992 mb (29.29 inHg)
Fatalities2
Areas affected

Storm Poly was an extratropical cyclone which affected Scandinavia and Western Europe during July 2023. The thirty-seventh windstorm of the 2022–23 European windstorm season, Poly was named by the Free University of Berlin on July 4.

Poly was the most intense summer storm to impact the Netherlands, bringing destructive gusts to the nation.[1][2] In Germany, gusts of 50-60 mph were recorded.[3] In total, Poly caused two fatalities: one in the Netherlands,[4] and another in Germany.[5]

Preparations and impacts

United Kingdom

The precursor low-pressure area to Poly would produce heavy rain for East Anglia, causing a game in Wimbledon to be postponed.[6]

The Netherlands

The Netherlands was affected the most by the storm.[2] A red wind warning was issued for the provinces of North Holland, Flevoland and Friesland as strong gusts were expected.[7] In the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, around 400 flights were canceled.[8] Hundreds were stranded in Amsterdam's central station since several domestic and overseas rail services were cancelled.[4]

Germany

The Deutscher Wetterdienst issued a level-three red warning for most of northern Germany, including Hamburg.[9] High-speed rail services to Cologne and Hamburg were cut off.[4] Additionally, some ferries from Germany to islands off the north coast were cancelled, while powerful gusts toppled down trees, disrupting a line between Hamburg and Sylt.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Storm Poly – Strongest summer storm on record hits the Netherlands". Watchers. July 5, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Poly is zwaarste zomerstorm ooit gemeten". Weer.nl (in Dutch). 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  3. ^ "Rare, potent summer windstorm turns deadly in Netherlands and Germany". AccuWeather. July 5, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Two dead as strongest summer storm blasts Netherlands, Germany". phys.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  5. ^ NDR. "Sturmtief "Poly": Bahnverkehr stabilisiert sich nach Unwetter". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  6. ^ "Wimbledon rain turns into Storm Poly with midweek red wind warnings for the Netherlands". www.netweather.tv. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  7. ^ "Waarom zo laat naar code rood? 'Pas om 07.00 uur duidelijk hoe erg het werd'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  8. ^ "Chaos op Schiphol: 400 vluchten geschrapt, tientallen vliegtuigen kunnen niet landen". www.nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  9. ^ "Weather tracker: Storm Poly lashes Germany and the Netherlands | Netherlands | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  10. ^ "Storm Poly lashes the Netherlands and parts of Germany, causing 2 deaths and canceled flights". AP News. 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2024-01-15.