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Storm Darragh (known as Storm Xaveria in Germany) [1] was a powerful extratropical cyclone which severely impacted Ireland and the United Kingdom in December 2024. The fourth named (using the western group naming list) storm of the 2024–25 European windstorm season , Darragh was named by the UK Met Office on 5 December 2024.
December 7, 2024 at 8:14 PM Winds reaching more than 90mph have left tens of thousands of homes without power across Wales and the west of England as Storm Darragh lashed the UK.
It was named Xaveria by Free University of Berlin, on 5 December 2024. [112] Darragh prompted the issuance of amber wind warnings for southwestern Scotland, Wales and western English counties including Devon and Cornwall and Northern Ireland, in the amber warning areas, the Met Office says, Storm Darragh will bring strong winds on Saturday ...
On 21 January 2025, the UK Met Office and associated organisations in Europe used the name "Éowyn" for the fifth storm of the 2024–2025 season. Éowyn is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings and the name was taken from a list based on suggestions by the public.
For 2024, NOAA predicted 17 to 25 named storms and 8 to 13 hurricanes. “We ended up with 18 named storms and 11 hurricanes, so right in the middle,” he said.
"The 2024 Atlantic #hurricane season is now above-average for all parameters that CSU forecasts," he wrote on X on Oct. 9. "The season has been most above average for stronger storm activity (e.g ...
2024: Storm Darragh: Three deaths, over 1.1 million power outages and widespread damage to buildings. 2025: Storm Éowyn: One death, over 1 million people without power [50] and widespread damage to buildings.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be one of the most active on record, with AccuWeather experts forecasting 16 to 20 named storms in 2024. With so many storms likely this year, a ...