Be prepared for Agnes, Debi, Elin and Gerrit.
Because they're the names of any storms that the UK will get in 2023/2024.
And let's face it, we have faced plenty over the years such as Ali, Arwen, Barra, Doris, Frank and Eunice.
If it's a particularly bad year, you might get to see all of Agnes, Babet, Ciaran, Debi, Elin, and Fergus.
Perhaps even Gerrit, Henk, Isha, Jocelyn, Kathleen, Lilian, Minnie, Nicholas.
There's a chance of Olga, Piet, Regina, Stuart, Tamiko, Vincent and Walid.
In the meantime, reflect on these Sunderland Echo scenes from the past.
![You coped with this lot in years gone by.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/09/01/11/Collage%20Maker-01-Sep-2023-12-39-PM-5089.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Workmen clearing a fallen tree in Lord Byrons Walk, Seaham, in 2015.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/09/01/11/frank.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Clearing up after Storm Frank
Workmen clearing a fallen tree in Lord Byrons Walk, Seaham, in 2015. | se
![Shoppers battled against the wind and rain in Sunderland as Storm Doris made her presence felt.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/09/01/11/doris3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Doris hits hard in 2017
Shoppers battled against the wind and rain in Sunderland as Storm Doris made her presence felt. | se
![Angry seas on the coast as Storm Doris takes hold in 2017.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/09/01/11/doris2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Doris lashes the coast
Angry seas on the coast as Storm Doris takes hold in 2017. | se