Storm Barra was a hurricane-force extratropical bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean that impacted Ireland and the United Kingdom with damaging gusts and heavy rainfall. Barra was also the reason
Barra on 7 December over Ireland
Hurricane Ophelia, known as Storm Ophelia while extratropical, was regarded as the worst storm to affect Ireland in 50 years, and was also the easternmost Atlantic major hurricane on record. The tenth
Storm Barra
…Storm Arwen Hurricane Ophelia affected similar areas in Ireland…
Hurricane Ophelia at peak intensity south of the Azores on 14 October
Hurricane Ophelia near its initial peak intensity on 12 October
Saharan dust and smoke brought north by the former hurricane created hazy skies across parts of the United Kingdom on 16 October, resulting in an orange sky and orange or red sun.