As a result of the Hurricane Awen, the Met Office issued its first red weather warning to Northern Ireland and Scotland, warning that conditions could cause “life -threatening”.
Many businesses remained closed on Friday, January 24 until the Red Weathering Alerts were eliminated, including supermarket Lodle, Tesco and SanSibri.
Schools were also advised to close for the day.
During the storm, a total of 285,000 households and businesses lost power.
At the height of disruption, more than 200,000 consumers were affected by power deductions.
Northern Ireland’s Public Transport Service Provider Translack canceled all bus and train services during a red alert.
Translack’s Director of Service Operations, Ian Campbell, said at the time: “We have already identified that several railway lines are blocked with falling trees and debris that will need to be removed.”
One person was killed after a tree fell on his car in Dongel.
When the incident happened, Copper Dodak was traveling to N14, when the incident happened.
