The UK and Ireland first
began naming storms in October 2015.
Since then there have been
11 named storms which have caused six deaths and more than £1bn worth of
damage.
Among the most destructive
was Storm Desmond, which caused widespread flooding across Cumbria, Lancashire
and the Scottish borders in early December 2015.
Wilbert may be windy,
Robert rainy and Susan snowy under plans by the Met Office and Met Eireann to
name storms this winter.
They are among 21 names
which will be given to the weather systems which have the most potential to
cause problems across the UK and Ireland.
Doris, Ivor and Gabriel are
also on the list, which forecasters have compiled from more than 10,000
suggestions which were submitted by the public.
Just two weeks later Storm
Eva caused further flooding in many of the same areas.
The new storm naming season
begins on 1 October and continues until the end of September 2017.
The names which will be
used for 2016/17 are Angus, Barbara, Conor, Doris, Ewan, Fleur, Gabriel, Holly,
Ivor, Jacqui, Kamil, Louise, Malcolm, Natalie, Oisin, Penelope, Robert, Susan,
Thomas, Valerie and Wilbert.
Following the convention
used for naming hurricanes in the United States the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z
are not used.
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