google-site-verification: googlec7193c3de77668c9.html

Storm Éowyn: Clear-up continues after record-breaking winds batter NI

In the Republic of Ireland, where a red warning was also in place, about 540,000 properties are still without power, down from a peak of 768,000 earlier on Friday.

More than 138,000 properties are without water in the Republic as Storm Éowyn causes chaos across the island.

A man died after a tree fell on the car he was driving in Raphoe, County Donegal.

A status yellow snow-ice warning is in place in Donegal until 09:00 local time on Saturday.

ESB Networks described the storm as “record-breaking” and said it had never experienced so many power cuts in the country before with any extreme weather event.

Provisional new records for wind speed were recorded in the Republic Ireland, with hurricane-force sustained winds of 85 mph (137 km/h) at Mace Head, County Galway.


Source link

Advertisements

See also  British Army racism apology to black ‘poster girl’ soldier

Check Also

Henry Nowak’s killer’s appeal ‘ludicrous’, says family

Under the Sentencing Act 2026, which came into force on 1 October, most prisoners serving …

More asbestos found in Parliament, as MPs urged to get on with revamp

More asbestos has been discovered in Parliament, the BBC has learnt, as MPs come under …

The Papers: 'Crushing midterm rebuke' and 'Trumped'

The Democrats sweep in the US midterm elections is the focus of Thursday’s papers. Source …

Leave a Reply

Available for Amazon Prime