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Storm Poly
Storm Poly, also known as Cyclone Poly, was a powerful European windstorm and a rare summertime cyclone. The storm affected the Benelux, Germany, and the United Kingdom during July 2023. The thirty-seventh windstorm of the 2022–23 European windstorm season, Poly was named by the Free University of Berlin on 4 July. It later became the most intense summer storm to impact the Netherlands since the start of the measurements, peaking at in IJmuiden. In Germany, lesser winds of were recorded. In total, two fatalities occurred: one in the Netherlands, and another in Germany. Poly caused at least (2023) in damages. According to a research conducted by the Utrecht University and the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, Poly could be classified as a hybrid cyclone.
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Storm Poly, also known as Cyclone Poly, was a powerful European windstorm and a rare summertime cyclone. The storm affected the Benelux, Germany, and the United Kingdom during July 2023. The thirty-seventh windstorm of the 2022–23 European windstorm season, Poly was named by the Free University of Berlin on 4 July. It later became the most intense summer storm to impact the Netherlands since the start of the measurements, peaking at in IJmuiden. In Germany, lesser winds of were recorded. In total, two fatalities occurred: one in the Netherlands, and another in Germany. Poly caused at least (2023) in damages. According to a research conducted by the Utrecht University and the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, Poly could be classified as a hybrid cyclone.
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