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***UK/IRELAND STORM ELEANOR ALERT UPDATE***

***UK/IRELAND STORM ELEANOR ALERT UPDATE*** 76 mph wind gusts recorded at Aberdaron, Wales ***BE ALERT AND SAFE***

40,000 homes left without power as storm batters western France

Around 40,000 homes in the region of Brittany in western France have lost power due to winter storm Carmen, which is battering the Atlantic coast with winds of over 100kph. Enedis, the French power grid company, said it has dispatched…

Ireland braces itself for Storm Dylan as rain, sleet, thunder and 120kph winds as 2017 goes out with a bang

If you were hoping for a peaceful end to 2017 weather, you’ll be disappointed.   The closing days of the year are set to be a miserable, stormy washout of winds, thunder, sleet and rain.   And this morning, Met…

Severe Hail Storm Hits Kanye, Botswana

When the news team approached her homestead, Ms Thonika Tsuaneng’s mind was racing in a thousand different directions, trying to figure out where she would get the next penny to reconstruct her six-roomed ‘castle’ house destroyed by a hail storm…

Ice storm knocks out power for thousands across B.C.’s Fraser Valley, Canada

As a freezing rain warning gripped the Fraser Valley, thousands of homes were plunged into darkness Thursday night.   The first outages started popping up shortly before 8 p.m.   At one point on Friday morning, about 11,000 BC Hydro…

M1 shut and 24,000 without power as snow hits UK

Stationary traffic on the A14 in Northamptonshire westbound between Junction 2-3. Pic: Sean Byrne An accident in treacherous conditions has closed the M1 and 24,000 homes are without power after overnight snowstorms hit the UK.   A lorry crash has…