(Bloomberg) -- This year’s Atlantic hurricane season is sofierce that even Ireland and Britain will get a piece of theaction.
Ophelia moving NE
Ophelia, the 10th straight Atlantic tropical storm to become ahurricane, is moving northeast and will approach Ireland on Mondaybefore moving over Scotland, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. With windscurrently about 90 miles per hour, it’s set to be the strongeststorm in the far eastern Atlantic since Hurricane Ivan in 1980.
This Atlantic storm season has already racked up the mostconsecutive hurricanes since the late 19th century and broughtdevastation to Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico. Europe had a tasteof the stormy conditions early this month from the remnants ofhurricanes Maria and Lee, which helped push U.K. wind-powergeneration to a record.
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