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# winter storms

Last year
2022
Ruadhán, Wouter and Daisy: Names of upcoming winter storms announced
Meteorologists say naming storms helps provide authoritative messaging during severe weather.
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Sep 1st 2022, 12:10 AM
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'Ciara caused a lot of hassle': Irish pronunciation leaves Dutch tongue-tied in naming of 2020-21 storms
Irish, UK and Dutch meteorologists recently collaborated on the winter storm names.
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Oct 8th 2020, 6:15 AM
A US sitcom, pronunciation and Irish 'imbalance' among concerns raised in naming of 2018-19 storms
Emails released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal how Met Éireann and the UK Met Office named this year’s storms.
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Oct 21st 2018, 12:05 AM
'We couldn't go home for five months after the floods. We're in fear it could happen again'
Fianna Fáil are calling for a UK-style flood insurance scheme to be introduced here.
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Nov 29th 2016, 6:08 AM