A yellow wind warning remains in place this morning for strong winds nationwide before a status orange wind warning kicks in at 1pm this afternoon for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick will reach mean speeds between 65 and 80 km/h with gusts between 110 and 130km/h, possibly higher in exposed coastal areas.
Strong winds this morning effected many parts of Ireland but Atlantic facing coastal counties seen the worst of those winds ahead of storm Atiyah with gusts at Mace head Galway and Malin head Donegal reaching 101km/hr with possible higher gusts along some coastal areas of the west and northwest.
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With the strong winds this morning there have been a number of power outage along southwestern, western and northwestern parts with the largest of the outages in Kilcar, Co.Donegal where 284 esb customers have been with out power since 01:31am this morning.
There have also been faults this morning in Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Kildare, Roscommon, Wicklow and Dublin.
With winds to become even stronger over the afternoon, evening and tonight many more power outages can be expected with widespread power outages possible along Atlantic coastal counties.
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service said eight national parks and reserves will be closed tomorrow due to the forecasted storm conditions.
The parks which will be closed are: Connemara National Park; Knockma Wood, near Tuam, Co Galway; Derryclare Nature Reserve, Co Galway; Wild Nephin, Ballycroy National Park, Co Mayo; Old Head Nature Reserve, Co Mayo; Laughil Wood, near Pontoon, Co Mayo; Dromore Woods Nature Reserve, Co Clare and
Killarney House and Gardens, Co Kerry.
Dublin Zoo has also said that its Wild Lights event scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled.
ESB Networks said it is on standby to respond to any damage to the supply network arising from Storm Atiyah.
The Road Safety Authority is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads over the weekend.
SERVICES
ESB - To report an outage Tel: 1850 372 999/021 2382410
Gas Networks Ireland - Emergency Line Tel: 1850 20 50 50
Irish Water supply and service updates - Tel: 1850 278 278
RESCUE SERVICES
In an emergency dial 999 or 112
ROADS
Road Safety Authority Tel: 096 25000/Lo-Call: 1890 40 60 40
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Bus Éireann - Tel: 1850 836 611 08.30 – 18.00 daily
Dublin Bus - Tel: 01 8734222
Iarnród Éireann - Tel: 01 8366222
Luas - Tel: 1850 300 604 or 01 4614911
Dart - Tel: 01 8366222
Transport Infrastructure Ireland - Motorway incident line: 0818 715 100
Airports
Ferries
Irish Ferries - Tel: 0818 300 400/818 300 400
Dublin Port - Tel: 0818 310 100/818 310 100
Rosslare Port: Tel: 053 913 3158/053 913 3158
Stena Line - Tel: 01 907 5300 when travelling to Britain or to or from France
Tel: +44 (0) 8705 755 755 when travelling to or from Ireland, Scotland or Holland
Brittany Ferries - Tel: 021 427 7801/021 427 7801
Cork Ringaskiddy Port Tel: 021 437 8401
Kenneth from the Donegal Weather Channel
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The stunning Leitir Mhic An Bhaird (Lettermacaward) Donegal during May 2018
Vivid Rainbow from up on Breezy mountain South Donegal
I was in Albufeira Portugal I was waiting for the full moon to come up and it did not let me down.
The orange and red tints that the Moon sometimes take on rising and setting are caused by the particles in the Earth's atmosphere. When light (or more specifically, packets of light called photons) from an astronomical object passes through the Earth's atmosphere, it scatters off of particles in the latter.
What a unbelievable night and morning out storm chasing, These number of thunderstorms had to be the best in years as most of the lightning was CG bolts. I even manage to captures Two to three CG bolts in one shot.
One of the most beautiful views of Slieve league From sea and got some nice photos.
Photos from this angle I have not seen yet and it was wonderful to finally capture that moment.