Forest-List Digest FOREST-LIST@JOYX.JOENSUU.FI Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:35:56 -0600 From: David South Subject: Re: Wind damage in Germany Hurricane Causes Massive Damage to German Forests http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2323760,00.html Forestry officials said the hurricane that tore through Germany killing 11 people last week also knocked down 40 million trees. The damage was expected to cost the industry dearly. The German Forestry Council estimated that the storm toppled some 20 million cubic meters (706 million cubic feet) of wood, which would cost the country's forestry industry about 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in lost revenue and damages. The council also said on Monday it did not expect a drastic fall in the price of wood as demand for lumber has been higher than planned supplies would have provided. Some 62 million trees are said to have topped across Europe. The effects of the hurricane, which struck Germany Thursday night, were not as serious on a national scale as previous storms the country has experienced. But it did have major consequences in some regions. The western state of North Rhine-Westphalia suffered the worst damage. The state lost some 25 million trees, with older spruces among the hardest hit, according to state forestry officials.