“They do it to make people more aware when severe weather is on the way. In the past we’ve had lots of storms with different names including Storm Francis, Storm Dennis, and Storm Eunice.” And this year, some of the names included are people who have responded to extreme weather events and helped their community.
Why do storms have names?
The Met Office decided to start giving storms names back in 2014, in the same way they do in America.
The first windstorm to be named was Abigail on 10 November 2015.
The Met Office hoped that naming big storms will make people more aware of them and how dangerous they can be.
They think it will be easier to follow the progress of a storm on the TV, radio, or on social media, if it has a name.
Derrick Ryall, from the Met Office, said: “We have seen how naming storms elsewhere in the world raises awareness of severe weather before it strikes.”
