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Luke O'Reilly & Lucy Farrell

Met Office reveal 21 new storm names - including Betty, Glen and Sam

The Met Office has announced the new storm names for the 2022/2023 season, to brand any upcoming gales which could potentially cause an amber or red weather warning.

Launched in 2015, the new storms list accepts public submissions for new titles between September and late August the following year - to coincide with the first days of autumn.

This year, names selected from e-mail submissions were Daisy, Glen, Khalid and Owain A public vote on Twitter saw Betty win by more than 12,000 ballots.

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