STORM EOWYN: SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT

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Storm Eowyn

Struck on January 2025

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It brought

Record-breaking hurricane-force winds and caused extensive infrastructural and economic damage

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Record-breaking wind

It reached a peak gust of 184 km/h, recorded at Mace Head, Co. Galway

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Massive power outages

Nearly 770,000 homes, farms, and businesses lost electricity – affecting roughly 30% of the population

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Water and telecom disruptions

Widespread blackouts left 130,000 customers without water supply

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It triggered the

Largest telecommunication outage in the state’s history

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Severe forestry loss

The storm destroyed 23,000 hectares of forest, wiping out an esti-mated 500 million in timber

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It flattened

Landmarks like the GAA dome in Mayo

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Record insurance costs

Became the costliest extreme weather event in Irish history

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Damages ran into

Hundreds of millions with payouts reaching up to 300 million

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Deaths

3 people