Cyclone Zeus

{{Short description|2017 European windstorm}}

{{Infobox storm

| name = Zeus

| image = Storm Zeus vapor.gif

| caption = Meteo 8 vapor image of Zeus storm France 6 March 2017

| stormtype = European windstorm, Extratropical cyclone, Winter storm

| date formed = March 6, 2017

| date dissipated = March 6, 2017

| pressure = {{convert|996|mb|inHg|abbr=on}}{{cite news|title=Tempete Zeus: la plus violente depuis le début des années 2000 - Actualité météo|url=http://www.meteo.bzh/actualite-Tempete-Zeus-la-plus-violente-depuis-le-debut-des-annees-2000-20170306|access-date=13 November 2017|work=www.meteo.bzh|publisher=MétéoBretagne|date=6 March 2017|language=fr}}{{cite web|title=20170307Trajectoire|url=http://tempetes.meteofrance.fr/IMG/anthemis_trajectoire/20170307Trajectoire.jpg|publisher=MeteoFrance|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203065237/http://tempetes.meteofrance.fr/IMG/anthemis_trajectoire/20170307Trajectoire.jpg|url-status=dead}} (or 991.3 hPa Ouessant {{cite news|title=Pression mer horaire Ouessant 6/3/17|url=http://tempetes.meteofrance.fr/IMG/anthemis_divers/20170306VariationPressionOuessant.png|access-date=1 February 2018|agency=MeteoFrance|date=7 December 2017}})

| gust = {{convert|193|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} Camaret-sur-Mer

| total damages (USD) =

| fatalities = 2{{cite news|title=Two killed and 220,000 homes without power as storm Zeus lashes France|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20170307/two-killed-and-600000-homes-without-power-as-storm-zeus-lashes-france|access-date=13 November 2017|date=7 March 2017|language=en}}

| areas affected = France, Switzerland, Italy.

}}

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 {{convert|193|km/h|mph}} recorded in Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère.

Météo-France reported 7% of French territory experienced winds in excess of {{convert|120|km/h|mph}}, Météo-France described it as the tenth most severe storm to impact France between 1980 and 2017.{{cite news|last1=France|first1=Meteo|title=Bilan : tempête Zeus du 6 mars|url=http://www.meteofrance.fr/actualites/46968585-bilan-tempete-zeus-du-6-mars|access-date=2 February 2018|work=www.meteofrance.fr|date=7 March 2017|language=fr-FR}} The storm was the costliest storm of the 2016/17 winter across Europe.{{cite web|last1=Magnusson|first1=Linus|last2=Hewson|first2=Timothy|title=201703 - Windstorm - Zeus - Forecast User - ECMWF Confluence Wiki|url=https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/FCST/201703+-+Windstorm+-+Zeus|website=software.ecmwf.int|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064350/https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/FCST/201703+-+Windstorm+-+Zeus|url-status=dead}}