Storm Ellen: Winds up to 89mph and heavy rain hit Ireland and moves into Wales
Telegraph, 20 Aug 2020
Weather warnings are in place across the UK and Ireland as Storm Ellen brings severe winds and torrential rain over the next few days.
Ireland has already felt the power of the storm, with power outages from 9.30pm last night affecting nearly 200,000 homes and businesses.
Wales has begun to see the effects of the storm, too, with The Met Office tweeting: "Storm Ellen is currently bringing some unseasonably windy weather across the west with Wales having seen the strongest winds so far."
Storm Ellen will then move across to England and the rest of Wales, unleashing severe storm conditions.
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Ireland has already felt the power of the storm, with power outages from 9.30pm last night affecting nearly 200,000 homes and businesses.
Wales has begun to see the effects of the storm, too, with The Met Office tweeting: "Storm Ellen is currently bringing some unseasonably windy weather across the west with Wales having seen the strongest winds so far."
Storm Ellen will then move across to England and the rest of Wales, unleashing severe storm conditions.
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Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
