Of england today. But, i think perhaps one thing above all is note worthy, which is that nature is all around us here and has this remarkable power of recovery. Reeta. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris fawkes. Nature might need all her powers of recovery. Ophelia is taking centre stage today. It was a major category three hurricane and weakened to a category one. Today, here is ex ophelia no longer a hurricane but a very powerful area of weather. Look how tightly packed the isobars are. In the last hour, we have had a peak wind gust across the south of ireland of 97mph. In the isles of scilly, 67mph. But generally so far, the worst of the weather is in west wales. Amber warning in force for Northern Ireland with wind gusts potentially reaching 80mph. It will blow down trees. It could cause destruction to power and transport. Away from Northern Ireland, further west a bit of rain in scotland. The winds picking up across western wales and western parts of england with gales. Ac
And on the day storm 0rphelia hits the uk, 30 years ago the country was reeling from the impact of the great storm of 1987. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three people have died as the worst storm for 50 years hits ireland, parts of the uk are affected too. Storm 0phelia has brought gusts of nearly a hundred miles an hour, damage to buildings and there are flood warnings in place along much of the west coastline of britain. The centre of the storm hit the south coast of ireland late this morning and moved up the country with the west coast bearing the brunt. Its now over the north coast heading to scotland where it will gradually weaken before finally passing the uk tomorrow afternoon. 360,000 homes and businesses have lost power. In ireland, around 170 flights have been cancelled with flights and ferries also called off in parts of scotland. From the atlantic 0phelia arrived in force. No longer a hurricane, but a storm still determined to show her power. That was seen on irelan
Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
Thousands of homes in Northern Ireland and wales are left without power as storm ophelia sweeps across the British Isles commuters in scotland are being warned of difficult travelling conditions this morning. To not just scotland to notjust scotland but parts of north east england does well but it is in scotland and north east scotla nd is in scotland and north east scotland have gusts of 60 or 70 mph will that could possibly lead to trouble disruption. The win will ease over the day and there is rain and the forecast but i will have more later. Of the wind will ease. In sport, what a night there is in store for tottenham. They take on the 12 time winners real madrid in the Champions League their manager says its so special to be playing at the bernabeu. And some are calling it red october the extreme weather conditions left many of us with some amazing views. Well have more of the pictures youve been sending us throughout the morning. And that was one of salford here. It is so spooky.
Finalfor eight years, they havent met in a grand slam final for eight years, but they havent met in a grand slam finalfor eight years, but in they havent met in a grand slam final for eight years, but in the next half hour Serena Williams takes on her sister venus for the australian title and a record breaking 23rd major crown. And chris has the weather. It is not as cold as has been over recent days, but we have got some rain to contend with today and it is still just about code rain to contend with today and it is stilljust about code and for some of that rain to fall as snow in the hills of scotland. Good morning. First, our main story. The actor Sirjohn Hurt Has died. He was 77 and had recently been ill with cancer. He starred in around 200 films including harry potter and was nominated for an oscar for his roles in The Elephant Man and midnight express. Our correspondent nick higham reports. Everything seemed to come to a head today. John hurt, as the political diarist alan clark.