(ESA via The Independent)
Ireland is preparing for an Ophelia storm coming from the Atlantic Ocean, touted as the worst storm in nearly 60 years.
The Independent daily , Sunday (15/10/2017), reported, the storm that has strengthened into Category 1 is moving towards the islands in the UK.
The Independent daily , Sunday (15/10/2017), reported, the storm that has strengthened into Category 1 is moving towards the islands in the UK.
However, a storm that began to strengthen since offshore near the Azores Islands was declared a Category 3 hurricane by the US National Hurricane Center (USA).
According to Met Eireann, Ireland's national meteorological agency, the region is being threatened by what is thought to be the worst storm since 1961.
the storm of ophelia is still in the southwest of the Azores, near Portugal or about 2,500 km from Ireland, is expected to reach the country's west coast on Monday (16/10/2017).
Hurricane Ophelia, a rare North Atlantic storm, is expected to bring strong winds and high waves to Ireland's five western regions of Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway and Mayo.
The maximum wind speed is estimated at 130 kilometers per hour and is expected to result in rain with accumulated rainfall of up to 10 centimeters in the south of Azores.
A press secretary for Met Éireann said Ophelia could bring a catastrophe worse than a 1961 Debbie storm that killed 16 people in the Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland.
