Power outage in parts of Ireland this morning including 284 homes in Donegal ahead of storm Atiyah
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A yellow wind warning remains in place this morning for strong winds nationwide before a status orange wind warning kicks in at 1pm this afternoon for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick will reach mean speeds between 65 and 80 km/h with gusts between 110 and 130km/h, possibly higher in exposed coastal areas.

Strong winds this morning effected many parts of Ireland but Atlantic facing coastal counties seen the worst of those winds ahead of storm Atiyah with gusts at Mace head Galway and Malin head Donegal reaching 101km/hr with possible higher gusts along some coastal areas of the west and northwest.


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With the strong winds this morning there have been a number of power outage along southwestern, western and northwestern parts with the largest of the outages in Kilcar, Co.Donegal where 284 esb customers have been with out power since 01:31am this morning.


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There have also been faults this morning in Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Kildare, Roscommon, Wicklow and Dublin.

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With winds to become even stronger over the afternoon, evening and tonight many more power outages can be expected with widespread power outages possible along Atlantic coastal counties.

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The National Parks and Wildlife Service said eight national parks and reserves will be closed tomorrow due to the forecasted storm conditions.


The parks which will be closed are: Connemara National Park; Knockma Wood, near Tuam, Co Galway; Derryclare Nature Reserve, Co Galway; Wild Nephin, Ballycroy National Park, Co Mayo; Old Head Nature Reserve, Co Mayo; Laughil Wood, near Pontoon, Co Mayo; Dromore Woods Nature Reserve, Co Clare and
Killarney House and Gardens, Co Kerry.

Dublin Zoo has also said that its Wild Lights event scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled.

ESB Networks said it is on standby to respond to any damage to the supply network arising from Storm Atiyah.

The Road Safety Authority is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads over the weekend.


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Kenneth from the Donegal Weather Channel



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