of the vehicle managed to escape themselves by crawling out the windows and doors. this was northern ireland s carrickfergus castle. usually a scenic spot for a stroll by the sea but not today. 0ur camera equipment hasjust succumbed to the effects of the storm. i m now doing this on my phone. some of the strongest gusts here today have been recorded on northern ireland s east coast, up to 76 mph, and every now and again cars going past here are just getting swamped by sea water. storm barra in belfast put a dampener on festivities as the christmas market had to be closed. across the irish sea, high winds and snow battered scotland, which brought avalanche warnings in the cairngorms and travel disruption, which is likely to continue into tomorrow. i think that was the bravest selfie i ve seen this week.
and around 119,000 homes and businesses lost power. as the storm travelled eastwards, it brought down trees across northern ireland and incredibly no one was injured as the scaffolding was ripped away from a building in londonderry landing on a passing car. fortunately the scaffolding that fell onto a nearby wall, which prevented more serious injuries, and the occupants of the vehicle managed to escape themselves by crawling out the windows and doors. this was northern ireland s carrickfergus castle. usually a scenic spot for a stroll by the sea but not today. 0ur camera equipment hasjust succumbed to the effects of the storm. i m now doing this on my phone. some of the strongest gusts here today have been recorded on northern ireland s east coast, up to 76 mph, and every now and again cars going past here are just getting swamped by sea water. storm barra in belfast put
by the sea but not today. 0ur camera equipment hasjust succumbed to the effects of the storm. i m now doing this on my phone. some of the strongest gusts here today have been recorded on northern ireland s east coast, up to 76 mph, and every now and again cars going past here are just getting swamped by sea water. storm barra in belfast put a dampener on festivities as the christmas market had to be closed. across the irish sea, high winds and snow battered scotland, which brought avalanche warnings in the cairngorms and travel disruption, which is likely to continue into tomorrow. that howling wind has nowjust begun to subside a bit in the past hour here in northern ireland but people travelling on the roads are being warned to look out because that storm has brought quite a bit of debris we are told at the peak of the storm about 8000 homes and