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Wednesday 22 March 2023 Dublin: 9°C

# Hurricane Charley

All time
# 1986 state papers
The Government opposed giving any special money to help people left devastated by Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley swept across numerous counties in 1986 but Wicklow suffered the most.
# Hurricane Charley
It's been 30 years since one of the worst storms in living memory
The storm caused hundreds of people to flee their homes – one woman saying that water-levels were ‘up to my chest’.