br pThe roof of a school gym was torn awaya by high winds caused by ex-Hurricane Ophelia when it hit the southwest of Ireland on October 16.ppOne woman was killed in Waterford after a tree fell on the vehicle she was travelling in.ppMet Éireann, the Irish weather service, warned that Ophelia was likely to be the most severe weather event to hit the country in over 50 years.ppRTE News reporteda that more than 100,000 homes were without electricity, while transport services across the country were stopped. Dublin Airport had to cancela 135 flights.ppVideo was taken closed to Douglas Community School in Cork.