Climate Hazards 5.01: Hazard Case Studies : Storm Darwin

Storm Darwin, named unofficially as it his Ireland on 12 February, historically the birthday of Charles Darwin, saw hurricane force winds in Ireland.

Media Articles

• Irish Times: Storm Darwin blew down up to 7.5 million trees, task force finds

• Irish Independent: Trail of destruction sweeps country

• Irish Examiner: Lives nearly claimed by Darwin’s hurricane force winds

• Aviation Herald: Accident: Arann AT42 at Shannon on Feb 12th 2014, aircraft at gate lifted off due to storm

• Irish Examiner: ‘Mini-tornado’ reported in Roscommon as thousands without power

• Irish Examiner: 165,000 remain without power

• Irish Examiner: €5m in emergency funding for repairs to Irish Rail infrastructure

• BBC News: Severe storm blows roof off Limerick boat club

• The Journal: Boil water notice issued in Cork, but lifted in parts of Limerick

• BBC News: Hurricane-force winds batter England and Wales

Reports

• McGrath, R. 2015 Impact of Storm Darwin on Ireland: description of the event and assessment of weather forecasts. Met Éireann Technical Note No. 64, 24pp. ISSN 1393-905X. download pdf

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