Cyclone Zeus

Cyclone Zeus was an extratropical cyclone and European windstorm which affected France on 6–7 March 2017. The storm developed rapidly and moved quickly across France on a north-west/south-east trajectory from Finistère in Brittany to the Alpes-Maritimes then Corsica. The storm's rapid strengthening resulted in much stronger winds than initially expected, with a maximum gust of 193 kilometres per hour (120 mph) recorded in Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère.

Zeus

Meteo 8 vapor image of Zeus storm France 6 March 2017
Type	European windstorm, Extratropical cyclone, Winter storm
Formed	March 6, 2017
Dissipated	March 6, 2017
Highest gust	193 km/h (120 mph) Camaret-sur-Mer
Lowest pressure	996 mb (29.4 inHg)[1][2] (or 991.3 hPa Ouessant [3])
Fatalities	2[4]
Areas affected	France, Switzerland, Italy.

Météo-France reported 7% of French territory experienced winds in excess of 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph), Météo-France described it as the tenth most severe storm to impact France between 1980 and 2017.^[5] The storm was the costliest storm of the 2016/17 winter across Europe.^[6]

Impact

France

In France 2 had been killed and 220,000 homes had been left without power as a result of Cyclone Zeus.^[4]

Switzerland

Italy