Updated 1:15 p.m. EST

(Bloomberg) – Storm Ophelia claimed its first victims in Ireland, as two people died amid some of the worst weather conditions to hit the country in 50 years.

A woman in her 70s was killed after a tree fell on her car in Waterford in the south-east of the country, state broadcaster RTE said. A man in his 30s died while clearing a fallen tree in Tipperary, according to the broadcaster.

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