Storm Boelo brings warnings and power outages across Ireland

Storm Boelo brought severe wind and rain warnings across Ireland and the United Kingdom on Saturday, with ESB reporting more than 2,000 homes without power in Ireland that morning as the storm moved in from the Atlantic. ESB said the outages were affecting homes across Ireland. Its PowerCheck service showed a fault affecting more than 1,500 customers in Dungloe, County Donegal. The figures were an early Saturday-morning snapshot; no later restoration total was reported. Met Éireann had an orange rain warning in force for Galway and Kerry from 7am to 2pm Saturday, forecasting very heavy rain. An orange wind warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Galway, Mayo and Sligo was scheduled to begin at 2pm Saturday and remain in effect until 9am Sunday. Yellow rain and wind warnings covered additional Irish counties, with their periods varying by area. The warnings followed Storm Austen, which had brought heavy rain and left saturated ground and elevated river levels. Met Éireann warned that further rain could increase the risk of surface-water and river flooding, particularly in western and southwestern areas. Smaller rivers could respond quickly, while larger rivers might continue rising after...