Hurricane Central Post-Tropical Cyclone Ophelia Blasting Ireland, United Kingdom With Damaging Winds; Gusts Over 70 MPH Reported October 16 2017 04:45 AM EDT weather.com 00:56 Atlantic Hurricane Season Goes Greek For only the second time ever, the National Hurricane Center has run out of names, so they've turned to the Greek alphabet. At a Glance Ophelia is now a powerful post-tropical cyclone.

Damaging winds are impacting parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Met Eireann has issued a red wind warning for all of Ireland on Monday.

Amber and yellow warnings for wind are in effect for portions of the United Kingdom.

Ophelia was a major hurricane Saturday into early Sunday, the farthest east in the Atlantic on record. This is a previous version of our coverage for the impacts of post-tropical cyclone Ophelia in Ireland and the United Kingdom. For the latest details, see this new link .

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