With the chaos caused by Storms Ciara and Dennis still affecting some places, it is interesting to ask how the idea of giving a name to storms first came about. Infact, it’s an approach that has been around a long time and was first formalized in 1953 for naming hurricanes in the USA.  It was then adopted internationally by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) for tropical cyclones. The idea itself is simple, which is that it is easier to alert people to the risks if a consistent name is used throughout, such as on radio and television and by the emergency services. In the Continue Reading