Natural Hazards and Earth System Science www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net 1561-8633 1684-9981 10 1 2010 10.5194/nhess-10-97-2010 http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/97/2010/ http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/97/2010/nhess-10-97-2010.html http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/97/2010/nhess-10-97-2010.pdf 97 104 2010-01-15 No upward trend in normalised windstorm losses in Europe: 1970–2008 J. I. Barredo jose.barredo@jrc.ec.europa.eu Institute for Environment and Sustainability, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy On 18 January 2007, windstorm Kyrill battered Europe with hurricane-force winds killing 47 people and causing 10 billion US$ in damage. Kyrill poses several questions: is Kyrill an isolated or exceptional case? Have there been events costing as much in the past? 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