But such a blunder is unlikely to happen again, especially now the Met Office has announced its official switchover to a new supercomputer, which will use 50 billion observations a day to calculate ...

Burst pipes and water leaks were the main reason homeowners claimed on their house insurance last year. Storm damage was the ...

Our first third of 2025, January through to April, has been notably drier than the corresponding period in 2024 – approximately 8 inches less rainfall in many parts of the West of Ireland over the ...

A barrage of storms left UK home insurers facing claims for £226mn of weather-related damage in the first quarter of this year, a record high since the data began to be tracked in 2017.

The Government established a Windblow Taskforce after Storm Éowyn, which has met five times. The taskforce comprises stakeholders such as forest owners, forestry companies, Teagasc, and Coillte ...

In late January, Storm Éowyn brought widespread disruption to Ireland. Met Éireann issued red alert warnings across much of the country, with fallen power lines and fallen trees a particular ...

In Ireland, the National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) met on Wednesday to continue ... properties in Northern Ireland following Storm Éowyn. A spokesperson said: "Our primary focus ...

The Taoiseach has denied that the Government delayed asking the EU for help after widespread destruction caused by Storm Éowyn ... “They met well in advance of the storm, their first priority ...

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Éowyn– which the Met Office said was probably the strongest storm to hit the UK in the past decade – destroyed buildings, uprooted trees, and caused power outages, as well as causing trains ...

Notably, Storm Éowyn struck the same day that Martin became ... said that the National Coordination and Emergency Group "met well in advance of this storm because they knew how severe this ...

Storm Éowyn brought weather warnings last week with "very strong winds and heavy rain" in parts of the UK, said the Met Office. Gusts of 100mph were recorded in Drumalbin in Scotland – the ...