2020–21 European windstorm season
The meteorological offices produced a full list of names for 2015–2016 through to 2017–2018, common to both the United Kingdom and Ireland, with the Netherlands taking part from 2019 onwards.
[2] This will be the fourth year in which the meteorological agencies of France, Spain and Portugal will be naming storms that affect their areas.
[3] Storm Alex, named by AEMET and Météo-France on 30 September, formed near Brittany on 1 October after undergoing explosive cyclogenesis.
Because of this storm, one department in France, the Morbihan, was upgraded to the red alert for strong winds at 4:00 pm Central Time.
Météo-France also reported 60 to 100 mm (2.4 to 3.9 in) in departments of the Drôme, Ardèche, Rhône, Ain, Saône-et-Loire, Jura and Côte-d'Or.
[8] At least 6 people were reported dead; 1 in Brest and 5 in the Alpes-Maritimes with 7 missing in total and for a dozen others families and authorities don't have any news.
[11][12][13] Many yellow and amber weather warnings were issued in the United Kingdom for strong winds and heavy rain.
[21] Moreover, cemeteries in Saint-Martin-Vésubie and Tende were partially washed out by the floods, in addition to seven Canadian black wolves which were lost from a wildlife park in Nice.
[20] Monaco's Minister of State Pierre Dartout announced that €4m would be distributed to the affected regions including French communities in Alpes-Maritimes and Italian municipality of Ventimiglia.
[25] Strong gusts and some damages was reported by the Meteo-France in association with the storm over parts of Spain, Portugal and France.
[26][27] Storm Aiden was named by Met Éireann senior executive Aidan McLaughlin on 30 October 2020.
Over 8,000 homes and businesses were left without power as the storm battered the country with severe gusts of up to 130 km/h (81 mph; 70 kn) at Malin Head, Ireland,[33] which led to fallen trees and flooding.
It moved over the Bay of Biscay and then onto land bringing rain and wind to Northern Spain and the South of France.
Its rain then affected the Balkan countries and brought snow and/or mixed precipitation to parts of Belarus, Russia, and the Baltics, with its centre over Romania and Bulgaria.
Storm Filomena was named by AEMET (Spanish: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología) on 5 January.
Further inland and in higher elevations, snowfalls of up to 2 ft (0.61 m) occurred, with areas of the city of Madrid receiving snow accumulation of up to 24 in (61 cm).
Northern Norway was hit by strong winds up to 50 m/s, and combined with low temperatures (−15 °C) the meteorological service warned for high risks of frostbite if staying outdoors.
Trains were halted in the regions of Jämtland and Norrbotten, and traffic was disrupted in all of Norrland as well as parts of eastern Norway.
[57] Snow and winds cut power to several thousand people in eastern Norway and disrupted the mobile network.
[71] Locally in North Rhine-Westphalia, and in the Dutch Twente and Achterhoek regions and Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area, the snow reached as tall as 30 cm (12 in).
Evert named by the Met Office on 29 July was a late season storm which brought strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the United Kingdom.
A powerful cyclone, named Aila by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, struck Finland, on 16 September and continued to cause disruption through the following day.
In terms of physical impacts, the storm disrupted ferry traffic, brought down trees, and cut power to at least 90,000 homes.
[79][80] Cyclone Ianos, a medicane named by the METEO unit of the National Observatory of Athens moved through Greece between 17 and 18 September.
It was not given a name by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, but was commonly referred to as Topi, especially by the Swedish-language media in the country.
[82][83] On 19 November, the extratropical remnants of Hurricane Eta hit Finland and were named Liisa (Lisa in Swedish) by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Heavy rain also induced travel difficulties, with slippery roads causing poor driving conditions, as well as damage to rail tracks forcing train services to be delayed or cancelled throughout the country.
[84] Storm Dimitrios, named by the Free University of Berlin, affected Northern Europe on from 10 to 12 January.
Its most notable effects were ln Sweden, where the SMHI issued a Red Warning for snow in parts of Västernorrland County, which was the first time they had done so since 2010.
[87] On 4 May, a late-season storm named Eugen by the Free University of Berlin affected Northern France and Belgium, bringing gusts up to 130 km/h.
