Ireland Assesses Trail of Destruction After Worst Storm in More Than 50 Years - Hurricane Bert
The Irish Meteorological Service placed a “status red” rain warning - its highest level - for the populous counties of Cork and Galway
Storm Bert appears in the form of a roaring Lion at harbour arm in Folkestone, Britain, on November 24, 2024. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe
via FLIPPIN' EL !! Met Eireann issue warnings for 22 counties as Storm runs riot causing power outages and dangerous tree falls
Ireland Counts Worst Storm in More Than 50 Years with Cork, Kerry, Clare and Galway being the worst affected areas. Bloomberg
via Three killed, 60,000 without power as freak storm hits Ireland, "Act of God" affects both Catholics and Protestants alike
Storm Bert live updates: 11,000 homes and businesses remain without power in counties worst affected
via Last year three ex-hurricanes hit Ireland this September. The remnants of ex-tropical storm Ophelia hit Ireland as storm Agnes on September 27 with
winds up to 80km/h, leaving people without power and causing flooding in many parts of the southwest and Co Cork. Only days earlier ex-hurricane
Nigel brought rain and strong winds to Ireland, and that followed the wet weather from ex-hurricane Lee on September 19. Why are so many
ex-hurricanes bringing storms to Ireland this year? Cyclone explosion.
via At least 100 properties have potentially been flooded in Wales, with the area's MP saying he had "never seen flooding on this scale before".
via 60mm in 12 hours are expected for western parts of Cork and western parts of Galway. Rainfall levels forecasted for other areas of these two counties
are likely to fall under orange level thresholds (approx. 40 - 55mm in 12 hours). Storm Bert has caused devastating floods in South Wales.
*Storm Bert brings further disruption in UK after weekend, causing “devastating” floods in South Wales - video update Nov 25.
via Even the fairies with roots upturned were affected as a children's tree house in Ireland receives a new addition
With Duck-duck-go reporting pictures it was snow... ? But no. No snow. The Sky is the News.
In October 2023, one person died as snow, rain and strong winds hit Britain, closing several roads, bridges and railway lines. The storm also caused
floods in Ireland then, cutting power to tens of thousands. They were using snow pictures from last year's storm... geeez!
via Remember "The Night Of The Big Wind" - hurricane which hit Ireland in 1839 ? Probably not...
The category three hurricane, which brought winds reaching well over 115 miles per hour, came after a heavy snowstorm followed by an extremely
mild day. As many as 300 people died, tens of thousands were left homeless, a quarter of the households in North Dublin were damaged or destroyed,
and 42 ships were wrecked, the worst storm to sweep over Ireland for 300 years at that time in 1839.
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