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Five counties remain under Orange warning for Storm Boelo

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Sinéad Hussey
Five counties remain under Orange warning for Storm Boelo
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Storm Boelo has left approximately 41,000 homes and businesses without power in Ireland, particularly in the northwest. While some warnings have been downgraded, travel remains disrupted with flight cancellations at Dublin Airport.

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The storm highlights the vulnerability of regional power grids and transportation networks to extreme weather events.

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Around 41,000 homes, farms and businesses are without power after Storm Boelo brought strong winds to the west and northwest of the country.

ESB Networks has said that the power outages are mainly in the northwest of the country and that further outages are possible as weather warnings remain in place.

A Status Orange wind alert for Donegal, which was in place since 2pm yesterday, has expired and the county is under a Status Yellow wind warning.

Counties Leitrim, Galway, Mayo and Sligo were all previously under a Status Orange wind warning as well.

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