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Ireland's National Meteorological service, Met Eireann, warned that Ophelia was likely to be the most severe event to hit the island in more than 50 years, _Credit_: Istagram/Nathan Graepel via Storyful We use technologies, such as cookies, to analyze your use (i.e., pages visited), to customize content, for our internal analytics purposes and for security and other purposes. By continuing to use this website, you agree to this usage. Please review our [privacy policy](/legal/privacy) for more details as well as for information on how to contact us to object to these activities. 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