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While the effects of hurricanes on tropical coral reefs are well documented, studies assessing the impacts of similar disturbances on temperate and cold-water coral communities are lacking. This study investigates a gorgonian mass mortality event following 2 winter storms\u2014Emma and Felix\u2014along the southern Portuguese coast in 2018. A total of 439 stranded gorgonians, primarily\n                    <jats:italic>Leptogorgia sarmentosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    (Esper, 1791), were collected over 4 d, with 81.1% comprising detached colonies and 18.9% comprising broken branches. This corresponds to an approximate removal of 1572.5 m\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    (181.1-3260.0 m\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) of living gorgonian cover area based on average densities found at surrounding sites (&lt;30 m). Differences in species composition and size suggest that\n                    <jats:italic>L. sarmentosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    is more vulnerable to storm-induced detachment than other co-occurring gorgonians. This is likely due to higher drag forces resulting from the colonies\u2019 planar and densely branched morphology, although differences in species depth distribution may also play a role. Colony sizes varied across sampling dates, generally aligning with wave height during the storms. Overall, our results suggest that storm-induced wave forces caused significant biomass loss. 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