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All the storms from Abigail to Imogen and how they ruined the last few months

Storm season is almost over (fingers crossed)
Storm season is almost over (fingers crossed)

There are just a few weeks of the winter storm season remaining and the Met Office has used nine of the 21 alphabetical storm names introduced under a pilot scheme in the autumn.

The naming scheme is due to end when spring arrives in a few weeks’ time – heralding a lessening of severe stormy weather coming in to the UK.

But here’s all the names that have been used so far in one handy graphic…

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A Met Office spokeswoman said: “We are at Imogen and we are a third of the way through February. We have three weeks of winter left so we are not going to reach the end of the alphabet. We may continue to name storms at the start of spring but it will tail off.”

The system was introduced in the autumn by the Met Office and Ireland’s Met Eireann, based on recommendations from the public through email and social media.

The first storm was Abigail, which battered Scotland in November. Notable storms included Desmond, which set a record for rainfall in a 24-hour period on December 5 and 6, causing havoc in Cumbria and other parts of Northern England. And at the end of January Gertrude saw winds hit 144 mph in the Cairngorms in Scotland.

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Under the scheme a storm is named when it is deemed to have the potential to cause a substantial impact in the UK and/or Ireland.

After Imogen the remaining names lined up are Jake, Katie, Lawrence, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Phil, Rhonda, Steve, Tegan, Vernon and Wendy.