How did Storm Floris get its name and what comes next in 2025?

Heavy rain is expected to hit a large section of the UK tomorrow (Picture: Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

You may have seen parts of the UK are being told to prepare for a battering from Storm Floris.

The real weather enthusiasts among you might have noticed something odd about this name: aren’t storms named alphabetically? And wasn’t the last one Storm Herminia?

That’s a very astute observation, but there’s a very sensible reason for the discrepancy – and it’s not because...