LONDON — Until now, storms that hit the UK and Ireland were nameless, sometimes destructive, weather events, but from this winter the disruptive episodes will be anonymous no more.
The UK's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann are teaming up to find names for the storms that will hit the region and they're reaching out to the public for help
Both meteorological services said that giving a single authoritative name to a storm could help raise awareness around severe weather and help people to be more prepared
"We hope that naming storms in line with the official severe weather warnings here will do the same and ensure everyone can keep themselves, their property and businesses safe and protected at times of severe weather," Derrick Ryall, head of the public weather service at the Met Office, said in a statement about the pilot project. Read more...
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