page_title: 2019–20 European windstorm season
section_title: Storm Brendan
hierarchical_section_title: 2019–20 European windstorm season / Storms / Storm Brendan
caption_attribution_description: English: Storm Brendan, of the 2019-20 European windstorm storm season, above the Atlantic Ocean.
context_page_description: The 2019–20 European windstorm season is the fifth instance of seasonal European windstorm naming in Europe. This is the first season in which the Netherlands participates, joining Ireland's and the United Kingdom’s meteorological agencies. The new season's storm names were released on 6 September 2019. In July 2019, it was announced that storm seasons would run from 1 September 2019 to 1 September 2020. The Portuguese, Spanish and French meteorological agencies will again collaborate too, joined by the Belgian meteorological agency.
context_section_description: Storm Brendan made landfall in Ireland and the UK on 13 January, causing power outages in Ireland, ferry cancellations across Scotland and the closure of schools in the Outer Hebrides.
caption: The storm above the Atlantic Ocean on 13 January 2020.
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