Storm Ali battered Ireland this mroning and early afternoon, with wind speeds of 113km/h recorded in Knock.
Strongest gusts (above 60 km/h) for some of our stations in the hour leading up to 1pm:
104 Casement Aerodrome
104 Dublin Airport
93 Knock Airport
91 Malin Head
85 Finner
83 Shannon Airport
65 Mullingar
65 Belmullet(connection to Mace Head currently down)
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) September 19, 2018
Hundreds of trees nationwide were uprooted and the latest we have, (at time of this publication), is that 186,000 homes, businesses and farms are without power.
Earlier this morning, a woman in her 50s was killed after a caravan blew off cliff in Co.Galway. More on that here.
Flights have been cancelled and transport has been majorly disrupted as Storm Ali moves northwards.
This afternoon, Twitter user Eric Duffy captured this footage of a Ryanair plane aborting a landing during high winds at Dublin Airport.
Scary stuff at Dublin Airport #StormAli pic.twitter.com/vPTosEYmbC
— Eric Duffy (@duffman120) September 19, 2018
Credit: Twitter/@duffman120
We can only imagine the fright passengers on board got.
I was on that flight! It was awful but the pilots did an amazing job and we landed on the second attempt #Ryanair #safe
— Kirsten Jongberg (@Kjongberg) September 19, 2018
Credit: Twitter/@Kjongberg
Dublin Airport say they've had 42 cancellations & 8 diversions due to high winds from Storm Ali today. You're being encouraged to check with your airline in relation to your flight before going to the airport. You can check departures info here.
