Natural Disasters of Ireland

This week I’m choosing to write about my country, Ireland! The most recent major weather event that happened in Ireland, was in 2014. It was a storm named Storm Darwin, and it crashed through parts of Ireland in February of 2014. This storm consisted of high wind speeds, that got up to 120-160 kilometers per hour. With such high wind speeds, there was a lot of damage, but thankfully there were no casualties involved in this storm. There was mainly damage to buildings and homes. https://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/2014StormDarwin.pdf

Week 8 Blog Post Ireland has had many landslides over the last century.  Mudflows are also very common throughout Ireland. These hazards are triggered when the ground soaks up all of the water from a heavy rainfall. One County in particular, Country Fermanagh experiences many landslides at the base of its mountain ranges. In 2003, Ireland had a major disaster. They had a landslide that happened in a town located in County Galway. Dirt and rock came tumbling down, which resulted in severely polluted rivers. Luckily, there were no injuries from this event because the landslide hit mostly forest areas. There is not much information regarding what Ireland is doing to prevent mass wasting. Here is a picture of a rather sad leprechaun that is holding an umbrella in the rain. https://keligeo9.blogspot.com/2017/03/irelands-mass-wastingmovement.htmln https://www.irishtimes.com/news/derrybrien-landslide-killed-up-to-100-000-fish-board-claims-1.388773