Tens of thousands of homes were left without power in Ireland and the UK due to Storm Isha, causing transport disruptions.
More than 235,000 homes and businesses were without electricity on Monday morning, particularly in the northwest of the country, according to the electricity network manager in Ireland, ESB, cited by Irish public media RTE.
A network manager, Brian Tapley, explained to RTE that power restoration should occur during the day, but could take several days for some customers.
According to RTE, around 150 flights - or 25% of traffic - were canceled on Sunday at Dublin Airport, but traffic was able to resume on Monday morning.
In Northern Ireland, 45,000 customers are without power, according to the network manager.
“The whole country” affected
On the neighboring island of Great Britain, more than 30,000 customers are without electricity, mainly in the north, explained Monday morning on the BBC Lawrence Slade, director general of the Energy Network association.
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One of the worrying aspects of this storm is that it hit almost the whole country
,” leading to difficulties in sending technicians across Britain to carry out the work, he said.
A red alert for strong winds was issued overnight in Scotland, where no trains were running on Monday morning due to trees falling on the tracks and flooding.
Traffic is expected to resume at midday.
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Hundreds of technicians are already outside, armed with chainsaws
,” said a spokesperson for the Network Rail network.
According to the Met Office, the British weather agency, winds of up to 160 km/h were recorded in the north-east of England.
Isha is the ninth named storm since September.