More than 350,000 homes and businesses are already without power. The government said that schools will remain closed Tuesday. Ireland closed schools and hospitals ahead of Ophelia, placed troops on standby and warned people to stay inside. Ophelia is likely to be the most powerful storm to hit Ireland since Hurricane Debbie in 1961, forecasters said.
It said that the storm is expected to bring further "violent and destructive" wind as well as flooding from heavy rain and storm surges to Ireland. The Irish Meteorological Service reported wind gusts off the south coast of Ireland as high as 109 mph and said the wind was taking down trees. And, a third person died in an incident related to the storm when he suffered a serious injury from a chainsaw as he was clearing a fallen tree, police said. A man was also killed after a tree struck his car. Another woman in her 70s who was a passenger in the car was injured. — LONDON - The remnants of Hurricane Ophelia pummeled Ireland today, leaving at least three people dead in storm-related accidents, Ireland's National Police said.Ī woman in her 50s was killed when a tree fell on her car as she was driving.
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