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.
|Strong winds, lost power
Met Eireann, the nation's weather service, extended its most severe warning nationwide for the first time ever, with Ophelia bringing winds in excess of 80 kilometers an hour (50 miles per hour) to parts of western Ireland. Some of the strongest gusts may rise above 150 kilometers an hour.
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