THE UK is hit with severe storms throughout the year which consist of strong winds, rain and occasionally snow. The Met Office provides the storms with names and here is the reason behind it. The Met Office asks the public to put forward suggestions for names using an online form every year. The Met Office then draws up a list based on the names that were popular across all the submissions, along with some that have compelling reasons behind them. One example from the 100,000 names chosen in 2021 is Storm Logan, a reference to a goalkeeper grandson who was as ...quick as lightning.... The list runs from early September until late August and includes one name for every letter of the alphabet, except for Q, U, Y, X and Z. 
ReutersThe storm names are sent to the Met Office by the public '/ ' It alternates between male and female for each letter. When the next storm hits, the next letter in the alphabet is chosen \- so, the first storm after the start of September will start with ...A.... READ MORE ON STORMS 
TEMPEST TITLES Met Office storm names for 2022/2023 Sometimes storms hitting the UK have already been named, having originated elsewhere. The Met Office's names are produced in partnership with Met Éireann and KNMI, as the chances are high that severe storms will affect the UK, Ireland and Netherlands. Why do storms have names? Storms are named to raise awareness when they are likely to have a high or medium impact \- and lead to an amber or red weather warning. It's thought that people will be more aware and wary of a storm if it is referred to by a human name. be prepared: Uk weather warnings TEMPEST TITLES Met Office storm names for 2022/2023 MELTING MUTTS Find out when it is too hot to walk a dog RED HOT You've been sleeping in the heat WRONG - 10 tips to sleep through 32C SUMMER SCORCHER Britain set to be hotter than JAMAICA with Friday to be hottest day of year HAY, NOT NOW Warning as 'thunder fever' to bring 'SUPER pollen' after tropical storm Alex WET WET WET Met Office warns Britain to be swamped with '20mm of rain in 3 HOURS' This means they will be more likely to take measures to keep themselves and their property safe if they are told the storm will hit close by. The Met Office states that the criteria used for naming storms is based on the National Severe Weather Warnings service. What happens if they use all the storm names in a year? Since the Met Office started naming them in 2015, the UK hasn't had enough storms in one year to run out of names. As there is no precedent for this here, we might have to look internationally. Read More on The Sun 
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ReutersThe storm names are sent to the Met Office by the public '/ ' It alternates between male and female for each letter. When the next storm hits, the next letter in the alphabet is chosen \- so, the first storm after the start of September will start with ...A.... READ MORE ON STORMS TEMPEST TITLES Met Office storm names for 2022/2023 Sometimes storms hitting the UK have already been named, having originated elsewhere. The Met Office's names are produced in partnership with Met Éireann and KNMI, as the chances are high that severe storms will affect the UK, Ireland and Netherlands. Why do storms have names? Storms are named to raise awareness when they are likely to have a high or medium impact \- and lead to an amber or red weather warning. It's thought that people will be more aware and wary of a storm if it is referred to by a human name. be prepared: Uk weather warnings TEMPEST TITLES Met Office storm names for 2022/2023 MELTING MUTTS Find out when it is too hot to walk a dog RED HOT You've been sleeping in the heat WRONG - 10 tips to sleep through 32C SUMMER SCORCHER Britain set to be hotter than JAMAICA with Friday to be hottest day of year HAY, NOT NOW Warning as 'thunder fever' to bring 'SUPER pollen' after tropical storm Alex WET WET WET Met Office warns Britain to be swamped with '20mm of rain in 3 HOURS' This means they will be more likely to take measures to keep themselves and their property safe if they are told the storm will hit close by. The Met Office states that the criteria used for naming storms is based on the National Severe Weather Warnings service. What happens if they use all the storm names in a year? Since the Met Office started naming them in 2015, the UK hasn't had enough storms in one year to run out of names. As there is no precedent for this here, we might have to look internationally. Read More on The Sun TODDLER TALK I'm a parenting pro, how to get your toddler to listen first time DOT DISCOVERY Mysterious black circle on back of your iPhone has THREE amazing secrets In 2020, the US ran out of names for hurricanes and so started the alphabet again \- this time, labelling with letters of the Greek alphabet. So, the next storms were called Alpha and Beta. 
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Storms are given names to raise more awareness and people take more safety precautions Storm Eunice saw a rare red alert issued with four killed in the UK. What are the Met Office storm names for 2022/2023? Every major storm will be named according to the list, ordered alphabetically. Antoni Betty Cillian Daisy Elliot Fleur Glen Hendrika Ída Johanna Khalid Loes Mark Nelly Owain Priya Ruadhán Sam Tobias Val Wouter READ MORE ON UK WEATHER WARNINGS TEMPEST TITLES Met Office storm names for 2022/2023 MELTING MUTTS Find out when it is too hot to walk a dog The choice of names came from the three meteorological institutes. Betty came out top for the Met, with Antoni, Hendrika, Johanna and Loes chosen by KNMI, and Cillian, Fleur, Íde, and Nelly selected by Met Éireann WEATHER LATEST TEMPEST TITLES Met Office storm names for 2022/2023 STORMZY Find out how UK storms are named FEST IS BEST Revellers make the most of 23C sunshine - but rain is right around the corner FIELD OF STREAMS Reading festival-goers don wellies as thunderstorms & lightning lash UK Why are there no storms for Q, U, X, Y and Z? To ensure the Met Office is in line with the US National Hurricane Centre naming conventions, it does not include names which begin with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z. This is to ensure consistency for official storm naming in the North Atlantic \- to reduce confusion for fellow weather experts, sea captains and pilots. In America, when all the names in the storm alphabet are used, the naming convention follows the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma…). Why did the UK start naming storms? Analysis has shown that naming storms makes people more aware of the severe weather and helps them prepare for them in advance. Surveys showed people were more aware of the threat and more likely to take action after hearing the name of a storm, rather than a forecast simply saying bad weather is on the way. Is there a difference between male and female storms? A study of American hurricanes has shed light on an alarming pattern and explained that more people are killed by ...female... storms than those with male names. The reason why is all down to how we subconsciously view gender, since we're more likely to assume that storms with female names will be less dangerous. This means people end up taking fewer precautions to protect themselves, according to researchers at the University of Illinois. Incredibly, the 2014 study added that the more feminine the name, the more people a storm is likely to kill. The researchers even suggested that changing a hurricane's name from Charley to Eloise could triple the number of fatalities. Co-author Sharon Shavitt, a professor at the University of Illinois, said: ...In judging the intensity of a storm, people appear to be applying their beliefs about how men and women behave.... 
HotSpot MediaLaura Smith, 35, is dating a man 40 years older than her '/ ' 
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HotSpot MediaLaura and Starr bonded over their passion for astrology '/ ' 
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ReutersA Russian soldier standing guard outside the plant '/ ' 
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ReutersA crater left by a Russian missile in the nearby town of Enerhodar '/ ' The facility was seized by Russian troops soon after they invaded and has remained on the front line ever since but fears it could be the scene of a catastrophic nuclear disaster are mounting. The plant was disconnected from the grid for the first time ever last week after fire damage to overhead power lines, again from Russian shelling. The Ukrainian operator of the site, Energoatom, said one of the two operational reactors have been shut down. ...As a result of another mortar shelling by Russian forces at the site of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the emergency protection was activated and the operational fifth power unit was shut down,... it said. READ MORE ON UKRAINE WAR 
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GettyAnti-landing barricades on a beach facing China on Taiwan's Little Kinmen island, a few miles from the mainland '/ ' 
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Nomra StitzAnnie Hawkins-Turner has the biggest breasts in the world '/ ' Attracting many men, she had over a million subscribers and made £40,000 in just a year. She also has two kids, but never managed to breastfeed any of them because of her condition. READ MORE ON WORLD NEWS 
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