Ireland: Hurricane Ophelia -Three dead and 360,000 without power as monster storm hits
By Patrick Logue, Seán Dunne, Ciaran D’Arcy, Fiona Gartland From Irish Times Schools to remain closed on Tuesday as storm hits the southwest with winds of over 160 km/h Over 360,000 properties are without power and three people have died…
Hurricane Ophelia smashes an Atlantic intensity record, heads for Ireland Monday
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable By reaching Category 3 intensity on Saturday, Hurricane Ophelia became the strongest hurricane ever observed so far east in the Atlantic Ocean. It also became the sixth major hurricane to form this season so far,…