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| Ophelia: Storm leaves tens of thousands without power in Northern Ireland | Ophelia: Storm leaves tens of thousands without power in Northern Ireland |
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| Thousands of people have been left without power in Northern Ireland after the country was smashed by Storm Ophelia. | |
| Northern Ireland Electricity Networks (NIEN) said 16,000 customers had been affected and warned that increasing wind speeds may cause further outages. | |
| Winds of up to 71mph were recorded in Co Down, and similar measurements were recorded across the UK. | |
| Some of the outages were apparently caused trees falling on power lines. | Some of the outages were apparently caused trees falling on power lines. |
| NIEN tweeted images illustrating the problem. | |
| Hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic of Ireland also lost power after being lashed by the storm. | Hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic of Ireland also lost power after being lashed by the storm. |
| In both countries, people have been warned to avoid unnecessary travel and schools have been closed. | In both countries, people have been warned to avoid unnecessary travel and schools have been closed. |
| The Education Department in Northern Ireland said schools have been advised to remain closed to "avoid any potential risk to life for children, young people and staff." | |