Counting the costs of a stormy year

Compared to the wrath of Ophelia, last week’s Storm Dylan was a breeze, coming and going without causing too much damage.

Counting the costs of a stormy year

The current system, Storm Eleanor, has been more of a challenge but still had nothing like the strength of the most ferocious storm to hit Ireland in 2017.

By the time Ophelia struck on October 16, it had already been downgraded from a hurricane to a storm, but not so you’d notice.

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