Cyclone Anatol

Anatol is the name given by the Free University of Berlin (the Danish TV2 channel named it "Adam" also often referred to as århundredets orkan (storm of the century) or Decemberorkanen (December Storm) in Denmark, and commonly as Carolastormen or Orkan Carola (Storm Carol) in Sweden) to a powerful winter storm that hit Denmark, Southwest Sweden, and Northern Germany on 3 December 1999. The storm had sustained winds of 146 km/h and wind gusts of up to 184 km/h, equivalent to an intense category 1 hurricane, which is unusually strong for storms in northern Europe. The storm caused 20 fatalities; in Denmark alone 7 died and more than 800 were injured.

According to the Danish Meteorological Institute, the storm is estimated to have caused damage in Denmark of DKK 13 billion (c. US$2 billion). In addition to wind damage, it caused major floods in coastal regions of the southeastern North Sea, reaching a high point of c. 5.5 m above normal sea level in southwestern Jutland, despite peaking during low tide. This is the second-highest ever recorded in the region (after the Burchardi flood of 1634) and had it peaked during high tide instead, it would likely have reached 6.5-7 m, which by far would have been the highest ever recorded and near the top of the dikes protecting the town of Ribe.

The storm is referred to as an "orkan" in Scandinavia and Germany, which is a word commonly used for strong storms, also including hurricanes, that reach 12 on the Beaufort scale. Cyclone Anatol was a European windstorm.