![]() Berit intensifying west of the United Kingdom on 24 November 2011 | |
Type | European windstorm, Extratropical |
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Formed | 22 November 2011[1] |
Dissipated | 29 November, 2011 |
Lowest pressure | 944 mb (27.9 inHg) |
Fatalities | 4 (2 missing) |
Areas affected | Scotland, Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and England Finland Estonia, Russia |
Cyclone Berit[2] (also named Cyclone Xaver by the Free University of Berlin) was a very strong European windstorm that formed as a tropical wave near the Lesser Antilles in mid-November 2011. The storm began producing heavy rain and snow over Northern Europe on 24 and 25 November. Scotland saw its first snowfall since March, earlier in the year.[3] The Faroe Islands also reported winds up to 198 km/h (55 m/s; 123 mph)[4][5] and excessive damage. On 25 November, the Norwegian Weather Service named the storm 'Berit'.[6] Another storm, called Yoda, hit Scotland just a day after Xaver. The storm Yoda was widely known as Lille-Berit (Little-Berit) in Scandinavia, as the Norwegian Weather Service did not issue it with an official name.[7]
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