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Jennifer Russell

Maura and Willow among new Met Office storm names for 2020

Maura, Brendan and Willow will all be blowing our way this year as the new storm names for 2019/2020.

The latest list has been announced by the Met Office after thousands of people submitted name idea and requests.

The most interesting addition is Storm Maura, which could be named after Irish Love Island star Maura Higgins.

Storm Hugh, Ciara and Dennis have also made this year's weather list.

This year's storm list (Met Office)

The alphabetical list skips letters Q, U X, Y, and Z in line with international storm-naming conventions.

Derrick Ryall, Associate Director of Public Weather Service at the Met Office said: “We were delighted with the public response to our call for names earlier this year and are really pleased storm naming has been embraced by press, media and public to better communicate the potential impacts of severe weather so people are better prepared, when it matters.

“Now coming into the fifth year of the Name our Storms campaign, we look forward to continuing our successful relationship with Met Éireann, our partner in Ireland and are delighted to welcome our new partners from KNMI.”

The full list is: Atiyah, Brendan, Ciara, Dennis, Ellen, Francis, Gerda, Hugh, Iris, Jan, Kitty, Liam, Maura, Noah, Olivia, Piet, Roisin, Samir, Tara, Vince and Willow.

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