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Storm Antoni: why naming storms is a risky business

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par Jane Pilcher, Associate Professor of Sociology, Nottingham Trent University
Anna-Maria Balbach, Research Project Leader, German Linguistics, University of Münster

Since 2015, the UK’s Met Office has used forenames to label storms, as a strategy for improving people’s awareness of severe weather warnings. The list of names for the 2023 storm season was compiled in conjunction with the Irish forecaster Met Éireann and KNMI, the Dutch national weather forecasting service.

The list includes forenames…

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