Thousands Without Power Due To Weather

The blustery weather has led a number of towns to delay switching on their Christmas lights.

The Met Office has given Scotland a yellow warning for snow tonight, and issued a wind warning to most of England tomorrow.

Crews are working to restore power and it is hoped that all affected homes will be re-connected in the next couple of hours. If your outage is not listed there, please ring 1850 372 999.

Although there were some reports of fallen trees, widespread damage to power lines has not been an issue, ESB said.

She added: “The showers will be wintry further north”.

Gusts of up to 70mph are expected around exposed coastal areas in the west, with winds in inland areas reaching between 50-60 miles per hour, particularly in northern England, but Ireland will bear the brunt of the storm’s impact. A map of affected areas is available here.

“Later Sunday, Clodagh will pass through Scotland and the North Sea towards southern Scandinavia where it is expected to deepen further”.

Around 4,000 customers are without power this afternoon.

Up to 3,500 people have been left without electricity in heavy storms in the Republic of Ireland. Tynemouth RNLI, the lifeboat charity, recovered the boat, which had been overturned in the gale-force winds.

There is also a Status Orange marine warning in place.

Forecasters warn of a very unsettled few weeks to come thanks to a super-charged jet stream dragging 80mph storms in from the Atlantic. All other sailings departed as scheduled.

Met Éireann have updated their wind warning to orange for the whole country as the national forecaster predicts winds of 130hm/h.

Yellow warnings are “to notify those who are at risk due to their location and/or activity, and to allow them to take preventative action”. The North East has also been soaked with heavy rain across the morning.