2011 cloudburst in Denmark

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2011 cloudburst in Denmark

Istedgade street in central Copenhagen during the cloudburst
Date	2 July 2011; 13 years ago (2011-07-02)
Location	Denmark

On 2 July 2011, a cloudburst hit parts of Zealand and the Greater Copenhagen area of Denmark. This resulted in the greatest recorded rainfall in 24 hours in the past 55 years. It caused an estimated DKK 6 billion in damage, notably including structural failures at the 17th-century fortress, Kastellet.