10 years since Storm Abigail: a decade of named storms Today marks 10 years since the Met Office named its first storm, Storm Abigail, launching a public-facing initiative that has since become a cornerstone of weather communication in the UK.

📰 Today marks 10 years since the @metoffice.gov.uk named the first #storm, Storm Abigail.

Since then, there has been a total of 70 named storms, like #StormDesmond, #StormChristoph and #StormHenk.

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The UK is seeing more frequent, intense #storms like #StormBabet, #StormHenk & #StormChristoph – all caused major river #flooding.

🌧️ Intense rainfall overwhelms rivers, raising flood risk. This growing pattern is linked to #ClimateChange.

🔗 Learn more: thefloodhub.co.uk/gcse-storm-b...

Flooding updates This page displays the current flooding information we have for Cheshire

⚠️ #StormChristoph Flood Information ⚠️

You can find an update from Cheshire Police on local road closures due to flooding here 👇

cheshire.police.uk/police-forces/…

There's gonna be lot of people p****d off by #StormChristoph