At least 1 person killed in Ireland as Storm Amy hits northern Europe
with strong wind and rain
[October 04, 2025]
LONDON (AP) — London’s
famed Royal Parks shut their gates Saturday and road, rail and sea
travel faced major disruption as a storm walloped the U.K., Ireland and
Scandinavia with heavy rain and high winds.
More than 200,000 properties in Ireland and Northern Ireland were left
without power, and a man died in Letterkenny, northwest Ireland, on
Friday in what police called a weather-related incident, without giving
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A person walks past a large tree after falling over several cars after
strong winds in Gothenburg, Sweden, Saturday Oct. 5, 2025. (Björn
Larsson Rosvall/TT via AP) |
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Britain’s Met Office weather agency said a gust of 96 mph (154
kph) was recorded Friday on the island of Tiree off Scotland’s
west coast.
In Scotland, many ferry services were suspended and roads and
railway lines blocked by fallen trees.
Fraser Wilson of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said
engineers were working to restore power to about 62,000
customers.
We expect because of the extent of damage to the network and
conditions we are still going to be facing today that this will
take some time,” he told the BBC. “This storm is not over by any
means.”
In London, Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, Richmond Park and several
other green spaces that are a magnet for locals and tourists
were shut all day Saturday because of “severe wind gusts,” Royal
Parks management said.
Storms with the potential to cause serious disruption or damage
are given names jointly by the U.K., Irish and Dutch weather
agencies. This one, the first of the season, is Storm Amy.
Amy also wreaked havoc on Sweden, Denmark and Norway late Friday
into Saturday. Tens of thousands of homes lost power as strong
gusts brought down trees and power lines throughout Scandinavia.
Heavy rainfall and high tides pummeled the coastal areas.
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