Damaging thunderstorms in Finland in June 2021
Orages destructeurs en Finlande en juin 2021
Virman, Meri ; Rantanen, Mika ; Laurila, Terhi K. ; Mäkelä, Antti ; van den Broek, Daan ; Gregow, Hilppa
Année de publication
2025
Thunderstorms are common in Finland, however, high-impact damaging cases do not occur every summer. On 21-23 June 2021, three damaging thunderstorms, named Ahti, Paula and Aatu, occurred in Finland. We provide an overview of the thunderstorms and their environment and impacts. The thunderstorms led to heavy rain, hail, intense lightning and, most notably, extensive forest damage due to strong surface wind gusts.</p>
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