Ophelia batters Ireland with hurricane-force winds

The Atlantic season's latest hurricane, Ophelia, produced
$1.8bn (EUR1.5bn) in damage and disruption in Ireland, where the
storm made landfall Monday as the most powerful wind event since
Hurricane Debbie hit the republic in 1961.
Packing wind gusts of up to 118mph (191kph), the storm downed
hundreds of trees, disrupting power supplies and telecommunications
across large parts of Ireland and causing three deaths before
driving northeast to pass over Northern Ireland and parts of the
UK.
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