‘Weather bomb’ hits Ireland as storm Ellen sweeps nation

A powerful "weather bomb" named storm Ellen is approaching UK shores and has already hit much of Ireland, bringing gusts of winds up to 75 mph and heavy rain on Wednesday.

A powerful "weather bomb" named storm Ellen is approaching UK shores and has already hit much of Ireland, bringing gusts of winds up to 75 mph and heavy rain on Wednesday.

(August 19) Met Éireann has issued an Orange National Weather Warning.

Ellen is expected to bring very strong winds to Northern Ireland on Thursday morning.