IRELAND is the first part of the of the British Isles to be hammered by Storm Ophelia – the downgraded Hurricane that has kept its velocity since hurtling towards the UK & Ireland from the Atlantic.
The sky is a strange shade of Orange today because Ophelia has blown Saharan desert dust to the British Isles
The sun over Lancashire just now; eerie! (No filters). Daytime darkness. #storm #Ophelia pic.twitter.com/sNlxB4r6jM
— Arturo? (@RatherBeCyclin) October 16, 2017
The Irish prepared for the impending hurricane by sending supplies to Northern Ireland.
https://twitter.com/_ecdv/status/919647108776546304
Some are also classing the storm as a “Bank Holiday Ophelia”
Hurricane is named Ophelia, this is a pub sign in Galway ? pic.twitter.com/EXpxeMAWee
— Alice Caffrey (@DublinAli) October 16, 2017
These Birds certainly knew something was coming.
https://twitter.com/sltlk/status/919818660319023104
The eye of the storm is currently passing Southern Ireland and around 120,000 homes and businesses now without power.