At one point 194,000 premises were without power.
ESB (Electricity Supply Board) Networks Operations Manager Derek Hynes said Storm Ellen was the third biggest storm the ESB has had to deal with in recent years, the biggest being Storm Ophelia on 16 October 2017, but it is the first major one to occur at this time of year.
https://www.rte.ie/news/weather/2020/0820/1160202-storm-ellen/
Rare Storm Ellen pummels British Isles
An unusually early windstorm will strike northwestern Europe through the end of the week, packing hurricane-force winds and flooding rainfall as it slams the British Isles.
The potent storm has been traversing the North Atlantic Ocean this week and was given the name Ellen on Tuesday evening, local time, by Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorology Service.
Most windstorms occur between October and April, making a windstorm in August a rarity. So much so that when it came to giving this week's storm a name, the Met Éireann gave it the next unused name on the 2019-2020 season name list.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/rare-storm-ellen-pummels-british-isles/797479
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