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Man Who Died in Tragic 'Weather-Related Incident' in Donegal During Storm Amy Named Locally
Tommy Connors, in his 40s from Letterkenny, died after falling from a shed roof during Storm Amy's Status Red warning in Donegal, where 184,000 lost power, ESB reported.
- Tommy Connors, a man in his 40s from Letterkenny, was named locally after a weather-related death in Co Donegal at around 4.15pm on Friday during the Status Red weather warning.
- Met Éireann and the UK Met Office warned of damaging winds, fallen trees, flooding, and debris as gusts reached 96mph at Tiree, Hebrides, and 92mph at Magilligan, Co Londonderry.
- Regional ESB and NIE updates map the geographic spread of outages, with 184,000 customers affected at 5.15pm and 87,000 still without power in the Republic and 22,000 in Northern Ireland.
- Crews warned restoration could take days given access and safety challenges, while Dublin Airport reported cancellations and delays with over 115 flights cancelled and around 20 cancelled on Saturday.
- Conditions should ease around midday on Saturday as Met Éireann's warnings expire, with a high-pressure system bringing settled weather and Sunday 5th October mostly dry and cloudy.
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Storm Amy's first victim named locally after tragic 'weather-related' incident - Daily Star
Tommy Connors, who was in his 40s, has been named locally after he tragically died following a 'weather-related' tragedy in Co Donegal on Friday, as Storm Amy hit the UK and Ireland
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