Hurricane Ophelia (known as Storm Ophelia in Ireland and the United Kingdom while extratropical) was regarded as the worst storm to affect Ireland in 50 years, and was also the easternmost Atlantic major hurricane [nb 1] on record. [2]

Oct 18, 2017 · Hurricane Ophelia has hit Ireland and is predicted to be one of the worst storms we have seen in more than 50 years. Video: Bryan O'Brien. Storm Ophelia evolved from the strongest eastern...

Some of the recorded winds during Storm Ophelia on the 16th of October 2017, including what they would correspond to on Met Éireann’s colour-coded warning system. The storm caused major power outages, lifted roofs, felled countless trees and caused coastal flooding in Ireland.

Oct 14, 2018 · Storm Ophelia caused almost €70 million worth of damage after it tore across Ireland on October 16th last year. The tropical revolving storm developed from the strongest eastern Atlantic...

The storm caused major power outages, lifted roofs, felled countless trees and caused coastal flooding in Ireland. The tragic loss of three lives was also attributed to Storm Ophelia.

Oct 16, 2017 · Only 15 hurricanes have passed within 200 nautical miles of the Azores since scientific monitoring began in 1851. In this instance, Ophelia took a turn and immediately attracted the attention of...

Oct 15, 2017 · Met Éireann said that Ophelia is the most powerful hurricane to have ever been this far east in the Atlantic on record.

Oct 17, 2017 · Two men and a woman have been killed as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit the British Isles. As hurricane-force gusts battered the Republic of Ireland, one woman and a man died in separate...

Oct 25, 2017 · Ireland bore the brunt of a strong post-tropical storm Ophelia. Wind gusts were measured at 119 mph on Fastnet Island in Ireland—if verified, the fastest ever recorded in Ireland. On the mainland, winds reached 78 mph in Cork.

Oct 16, 2017 · Ophelia - the storm expected to bring 130km/h winds to Ireland today - was first tracked nearly 900 miles off the coast of the Azores on 9 October. Here is a timeline of how the storm...