Tarannosaurus
February 14th, 2014, 07:54 AM
Storm Darwin and its hurricane-force 100 mph winds swept through Ireland on Wednesday, leaving close to 215,000 homes without power, felling thousands of trees, and ripping the roofs off buildings.
Met Éireann, Ireland’s national weather service, issued red alerts for counties Cork and Kerry, which were among the first to be hit as Darwin reached Ireland’s shores, and for much of Leinster. Orange alerts were issued for counties Clare, Galway, Limerick, Mayo and Waterford.
Full article (http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Hurricane-winds-leave-storm-battered-Ireland-on-red-alert-PHOTOS.html)
DAMAGE AND FLOODING caused severe weather conditions have been reported around the country.
Met Éireann has issued a “status red” alert, with damaging gusts of between 120 to 150km/h expected in some parts of the country.
Here are updates from around the country on what’s happening.
Some 14,000 households are currently without power around the country, mainly in the midlands, west and south west of the country, following extensive storm damage to the electricity network.
Another article (http://www.thejournal.ie/storm-damage-ireland-red-alert-met-eireann-wind-rain-1229899-Dec2013/)
I'm in a red alert area and my town looks like a hurricane zone atm. On the plus side no one can leave their house so school is closed for the Easter exams and the internet has come back (though the connection is patchy) :yeah:
Met Éireann, Ireland’s national weather service, issued red alerts for counties Cork and Kerry, which were among the first to be hit as Darwin reached Ireland’s shores, and for much of Leinster. Orange alerts were issued for counties Clare, Galway, Limerick, Mayo and Waterford.
Full article (http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Hurricane-winds-leave-storm-battered-Ireland-on-red-alert-PHOTOS.html)
DAMAGE AND FLOODING caused severe weather conditions have been reported around the country.
Met Éireann has issued a “status red” alert, with damaging gusts of between 120 to 150km/h expected in some parts of the country.
Here are updates from around the country on what’s happening.
Some 14,000 households are currently without power around the country, mainly in the midlands, west and south west of the country, following extensive storm damage to the electricity network.
Another article (http://www.thejournal.ie/storm-damage-ireland-red-alert-met-eireann-wind-rain-1229899-Dec2013/)
I'm in a red alert area and my town looks like a hurricane zone atm. On the plus side no one can leave their house so school is closed for the Easter exams and the internet has come back (though the connection is patchy) :yeah: