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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Floods destroyed roads, houses and bridges surrounding the city of Nice yesterday.
High winds and heavy rain swept across the North today.
Cyclone Nisarga is expected to make landfall around 100km from Mumbai this afternoon.
Dublin, Louth and Clare are expected to be the most affected counties.
Governor Tate Reeves tweeted that he had declared a state of emergency.
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power from Texas to Michigan.
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Several flights have been cancelled at Cork and Shannon airports as a result of the extreme weather.
People have been trapped in their cars and roads have been closed by the floods.
Two people in France were also killed after historic levels of rain fell in the south of the country.
It follows weeks of heavy rain in the east African country.
Eleven bushfires along the country’s east coast have been declared as emergencies.
Two men were killed in their cars during heavy flooding.
Hot air from north Africa will push temperatures up from this weekend.
The storm was one of several to strike Germany yesterday.
The tornado struck El Reno, near Oklahoma City, on Saturday night.
A local sheriff said that children are among the dead.
An internal communique says using words like “inevitable” could create a feeling that nothing can be done.
The new research has revealed that there are larger-scale global patterns to extreme rainfall events.
At least 26 people have been killed due to cold weather in parts of Europe this month.
The snowboarders were killed in an avalanche in Bulgaria’s Pirin Mountains yesterday.
The snowfall in Athens prompted authorities to close schools and courthouses, while many public offices and banks provided minimal services.
Snow, heat, wind, rain – we’ve had it all this year.
High temperatures are not unusual in Australia during its arid southern hemisphere summer.
A Cold Weather Payment is in place in the North
The advice in a guidance document for staff says linking extreme weather to global warming was a problem.
Mainland China is next in the storm’s path.
A new study has noted a four-fold increase in major flooding events since 1980, and a doubling in significant storms.
The trade union wants “a uniform response by local authorities to extreme weather events”.
Airports, schools and roads were closed as Europe was hit hard by the adverse weather.
Luke Donnelly from Stillorgan is a trained lifeguard, surfing teacher and is studying oceanography as part of his degree.
Two in three people living in Europe may be affected by disasters, according to a new study.
Runway maintenance also contributed to the diversions to Shannon and Liverpool.
Conditions will ease as the day goes on but drivers are being warned that surface water may be an issue on the roads.
The Greek government sent a navy transport ship to the island of Lesbos yesterday to house around 500 migrants still sleeping in tents.
Whole villages were levelled and huge trees felled when winds of up to 125 kilometres per hour struck around Yancheng city.
Emergency services are still on standby as the storm weakens.
Retrace every step of the Storm of the Century.
Five inches of rain fell over 24 hours.
Cyclones Marcia and Lam landed in Queensland.
Er, how did that get there…
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
Poll Results:
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Some sun, then clouds, a few showers
Max: 13 °C
Min: 5 °C
Chilly with a blend of sun and clouds
Max: 10 °C
Min: 6 °C
Clouds and sun with a couple of showers
Max: 10 °C
Min: 7 °C
