Ireland 'lucky' to escape devastating floods during Éowyn

‘Double disaster’ warning as Ireland ‘very lucky’ to miss devastating floods

PARTS of Ireland could have been completely devastated by flooding if the record breaking Storm Eowyn had hit just one week earlier, new research has shown. The January storm brought record breaking winds of 184 kmph and resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being left without energy for days. Storm surge research team, Dr Niall Madden, Dr Indiana Olbert and Alexander ShchepetkinAengus McMahon/University of Galway/PA A roof that blew off a…

Study shows power of Storm Eowyn and how one county escaped record high flooding

Despite the severity of Storm Eowyn and the devastation brought by hurricane force winds and lasting damage to power and water supplies, the timing of the tides during storm landfall meant little to no flooding impacts

Ireland ‘incredibly lucky’ to miss disaster during Storm Éowyn

Researchers from the University of Galway reveal that the storm generated some of the highest tidal surges ever recorded in parts of Ireland.

Ireland 'lucky' to escape devastating floods during Éowyn

The country was "incredibly lucky" to avoid devastating flooding during Storm Éowyn as new research shows if it had hit Ireland a week earlier, sea levels could have reached over 5m above normal in some parts.

Tidal research reveals power of Storm Éowyn and unfathomable near-miss - Galway Daily

Research from the University of Galway have revealed that Storm Éowyn generated the highest storm surges ever recorded at key locations on Ireland’s western seaboard. The team based at the University’s School of Engineering have highlighted the unprecedented power of the storm’s surge – more than 2.5 metres above the normal predicted tidal water level. The found this by analysing sea level information from 47 datasets provided by the Irish Natio…

‘It’s hard to imagine how narrowly we avoided it’ – how luck of timing saved cities and airport from catastrophe here during Storm Éowyn

Tens of thousands of people and properties narrowly escaped disaster by luck of timing when Storm Éowyn hit the country.