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Northern Ireland electricity supply and roads hit by storms | Northern Ireland electricity supply and roads hit by storms |
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About 1,600 homes are without electricity following severe gales, which swept across the eastern counties of Northern Ireland during the night. | |
Gusts of 70mph, along with heavy rain, damaged the electricity network in Counties Down and Antrim, bringing down poles and lines. | Gusts of 70mph, along with heavy rain, damaged the electricity network in Counties Down and Antrim, bringing down poles and lines. |
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said power was restored to about 6,000 homes overnight. | |
Fallen trees have also closed a number of roads across Northern Ireland. | Fallen trees have also closed a number of roads across Northern Ireland. |
A yellow weather warning, issued by the Met Office on Sunday, will remain in place until about midday. | A yellow weather warning, issued by the Met Office on Sunday, will remain in place until about midday. |
Police have advised all motorists to drive carefully. | Police have advised all motorists to drive carefully. |
The highest wind speed during the night was a gust of 61 knots, or 70mph per hour, recorded at the weather station at Magilligan Point, County Londonderry, just after midnight. | |
The weather station at Orlock Head, on the Ards peninsula, recorded winds in excess of 30 knots for several hours, with gusts of up to 59 knots just after 02:00 BST. | |
The winds began to ease a little as the weather front moved slowly east. | The winds began to ease a little as the weather front moved slowly east. |
In just five hours on Sunday night, the weather station at Aldergrove, County Antrim, recorded 16mm of rain - more than in the whole month of September. | |
Between 17:00 BST on Sunday and 05:00 BST on Monday, Katesbridge in County Down had 37.4mm of rain - the most in the UK - while Banagher in County Londonderry had 31.6mm in six hours. | |
Have you been affected by the bad weather? Send us your pictures by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Have you been affected by the bad weather? Send us your pictures by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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