The sky turned red yesterday as Storm Ophelia claimed three lives in Ireland, with 100mph winds dragging warm air and dust up from the Sahara and debris from wildfires in southern Europe. A driver and a passenger were killed by falling trees in Ireland as 110mph winds lashed the country. Thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled as severe winds grounded planes across the UK, exactly 30 years after the Great Storm of 1987 killed 18 people. Bill Clinton was forced to postpone a planned intervention in Northern Ireland’s political stalemate after his flight was cancelled. The storm also brought warm air from southern Europe which broke the temperature record…

Source: The Times October 16, 2017 23:06 UTC