30-foot waves recorded as Storm Imogen batters south and west

Power crews were attempting to restore electricity to thousands of homes in the south and south-west after Storm Imogen’s near hurricane winds caused widespread blackouts.

Some of the worst affected areas were rural parts of Kerry and Cork with more than 1,400 homes and businesses in the Macroom area left with out electricity and about 1,000 in the Rathmore area at the counties’ border.