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In a few spots. I was just checking if there are damage reports, one that i see so far with a utility pole. The winds are Strong Enough to cause a few issues for this morning. This is not a major danger but you need to watch out this morning. This is now 4 00 in the afternoon. I think the focus of the strongest winds as its passing through the area. Its a windy day no matter how you slice it. There have already been reports in this range particularly overnight in the midnight hours or so. We saw some high gusts reporting in areas like delaware, burks county had gusts above 40 Miles Per Hour. Still continuing to be the potential for us and, again, like i mentioned, downed tree limbs, Power Outages are possible for us. Look at the wind gusts in wilmington and coatesville up to now 41mileperhour gusts in coatesville. The front is moving from west to east so that will be one of the highest points right about the start time for the philadelphia marathon. Looking at your radar and satellite,
Weinstein. A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt. We speak to one young woman about the risks of easy credit. Ijust i just used to ijust used to ignore the letters. I would rip them up as soon as i got them and the letters kept coming and them and the letters kept coming and the phone calls and i knew i was way in over my head. And from one storm to another. Its exactly 30 years since the uk was battered by the great storm of 1987. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news england are on the up but they wont be one of the top seeds at the world cup good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. One person has died in ireland as a result of storm ophelia. Gusts of over 100mph are reported off the coast of ireland. Troops have been deployed to coastal areas in the republic in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. More than 20,000 homes and businesses are without power in the irish republic. An amber warning for Norther
Of england today. But, i think perhaps one thing above all is note worthy, which is that nature is all around us here and has this remarkable power of recovery. Reeta. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris fawkes. Nature might need all her powers of recovery. Ophelia is taking centre stage today. It was a major category three hurricane and weakened to a category one. Today, here is ex ophelia no longer a hurricane but a very powerful area of weather. Look how tightly packed the isobars are. In the last hour, we have had a peak wind gust across the south of ireland of 97mph. In the isles of scilly, 67mph. But generally so far, the worst of the weather is in west wales. Amber warning in force for Northern Ireland with wind gusts potentially reaching 80mph. It will blow down trees. It could cause destruction to power and transport. Away from Northern Ireland, further west a bit of rain in scotland. The winds picking up across western wales and western parts of england with gales. Ac
A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt with many having to borrow to meet basic living costs. Two stars on a collision course some 800 billion billion miles from earth scientists detect Gravitational Waves. And the case of gao zhisheng the prominent chinese human rights lawyer hos still missing. Well be talking to his daughter. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the effect of storm ophelia which is causing damage across the republic of ireland and claimed the lives of three people. 100 mile an hour winds have swept across the country. More than 360,000 homes and businesses around ireland are now without electricity. Police have warned people to stay at home and not travel unless absolutely necessary. Troops have been deployed to coastal areas in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, west wales, south west scotland and the isle of man is in force. 0ur correspondent ian palmer has the latest. In ireland