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
How his cricketing fathers suicide has affected his game. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The met office has warned of potential danger to life as the remnants of hurricane ophelia hit the Irish Republic and head towards Northern Ireland. Troops have been deployed in coastal areas in the republic, in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. Already more than 3,000 people are without power in cork and kerry this morning and many planes, trains and buses have been cancelled. Storm 0phelia hit the south west coast of ireland a short time ago with gusts of 92mph. It moves on to Northern Ireland and parts of west wales this lunchtime with wind speeds expected of up to 80mph. The storm is then forecast to head north to central and southern scotland tomorrow, sparing eastern parts of the uk. Well, schools north and south of the irish border have been closed for the day. Sarah corker looks at the preparations for the arrival of storm 0phelia. Wit
Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
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