Sky News presenter lashed by wind and rain as power goes out during Storm Eowyn broadcast

Weather presenter lashed by wind and rain as power goes out during live broadcast. Source: Sky News

Transcript

00:00Yeah, we're in La Hinch here in County Clare on the Atlantic coast, the west coast of Ireland.

00:06We were hoping to show you the impact of the Atlantic here, but just a few moments ago

00:10all the power went out, which is why you can't really see anything behind me now, but the

00:15gusts here are incredible this morning.

00:17This is easily the worst storm since Ophelia back in November 2017.

00:23Record wind speeds have already been set this morning in Ireland.

00:26It's a gust of 183kmph, it's been recorded in North Pier, County Galway, Macehead weather

00:33station.

00:34That beats a record by 1kmph that has stood since 1945.

00:40It is the highest gust ever recorded in Ireland and we have many hours of this left.

00:46Where we are here in County Clare, the red warning will continue until at least 11am.

00:52Red warnings in different parts of Ireland right up to County Donegal will continue until

00:562 o'clock.