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Storm Boelo leaves power cuts and deaths; yellow warnings stay in Ireland, more wind due in UK

Storm Boelo brought strong winds, flooding and power cuts to Ireland and Britain over the weekend. Yellow warnings continue on Monday, and the UK Met Office is watching for a possible Storm Chloe.

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Left · 1Storm Boelo brought strong southwest winds and severe gusts to Ireland over the weekend. It left tens of thousands of homes and businesses without electricity, with the northwest and west hardest hit. Left · 1ESB Networks said about 41,000 homes, farms and businesses, mostly in the northwest, were without power at 7.45am on Sunday. About 5,000 were still without power at 6pm on Sunday, and most were expected to be reconnected late that night. Right · 1In Britain, the Daily Mail reported gusts of 60-70mph in the north early on Sunday, with 85mph recorded at Machrihanish on Scotland's west coast. It said an estimated 160,000 homes were left without power, citing Energy Networks Association figures of 161,400 homes.

Right · 1The Daily Mail reported two deaths in Britain. A 60-year-old man was killed by a falling tree in Dumfries, and a man in his 20s died when a tree crushed his car in Mill Hill, north London. Right · 1The Daily Mail also reported flooding in Largs, Ayrshire, and two people taken to hospital in Streatham, south London, after scaffolding was blown down. The Met Office said its amber warning for the storm ended at 9pm on Sunday. Left · 1The storm disrupted transport in Ireland. Some flights were cancelled at Dublin Airport on Saturday, and several Dublin–Holyhead ferry crossings did not sail. Events including the Lú Festival of Light in Drogheda and Trick or Treat in Limerick city were cancelled.

Left · 1Yellow warnings remain in place in Ireland on Monday. A rain warning covers Cork and Kerry from 1am to 9am, and another covers Cork, Kerry, Galway and Mayo from 4pm to 10pm. A wind warning covers 11 counties from 5pm until midnight. The UK Met Office has a yellow wind warning for Antrim, Down and Derry from 3am until midnight on Tuesday. Left · 1Met Éireann expects a blustery Tuesday with showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, and a more settled spell by next weekend. Right · 1For Britain, the Met Office forecasts rain sweeping northeast on Monday and gales in the west later. Forecaster Aidan McGivern said Tuesday's situation is similar to Boelo, with a risk of 70mph gusts in the north and a yellow warning in force. Storm Chloe is the next name on the 2026-27 list, and the Met Office would declare it only if conditions trigger an amber or red warning.

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The Irish Times gives a practical, service-style update on Ireland: warnings still in force, power restoration and a day-by-day forecast.
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Warnings by county and time, ESB Networks outage figures, Met Éireann's outlook and cancelled events.
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Does not mention the deaths or the wider British toll reported elsewhere.
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“Status-yellow rain and wind warnings will remain in place on Monday for parts of the country.” — The Irish Times

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Right5 outlets

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The Daily Mail leads with the next storm, 'Storm Chloe', and with the deaths and outages in Britain, in a dramatic tone with photo captions.
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Two deaths, 160,000 homes without power, flooding, human-interest detail and the prospect of a third storm.
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Says little about Ireland. The Chloe headline runs ahead of the Met Office, which said it would name a storm only if an amber or red warning is triggered.
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“Now brace for Storm Chloe!”“wreaked havoc”“battered”
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“Now brace for Storm Chloe! More wild weather could be on its way just hours after Storm Boelo left two dead and more than 160,000 without power” — Daily Mail

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