Le Mauvais Temps en Irlande

● De ces derniers mois, l’Irlande a connu plusieurs périodes de mauvais temps → In these past few months, Ireland has experienced several periods of bad weather

● En octobre, l’ouragan Ophelia est arrivé avec des vents à forte vitesse, des grosses pluies et des températures inhabituellement hautes​ → In October, Hurricane Ophelia arrived with high-speed winds, lots of rain and unusually high temperatures

● Cette tempête post-tropicale a forcé la fermeture des écoles, des universités et des entreprises, il y avait des inondations, et beaucoup d’arbres sont tombés à cause des vents violents​ → This post-tropical storm forced the closure of schools, universities and businesses, there were floods and a lot of trees fell because of the high winds

● Puis en mars, on était frappé de plein fouet par une vague de froid sibérien, dite “la bête de l’est” et la tempête Emma → ​Then in March, we were hit full force by a Siberian cold snap, named the “beast from the east”, and Storm Emma

● L’Irlande était traversée par des vents violents, du verglas et des abondantes chutes de neige​ → Ireland was put through high winds, black ice and heavy snowfall

● Le service météorologique nous a mis en garde contre le danger de ces conditions et nous a placé en alerte rouge​ → The meteorological service warned us against the danger of these conditions and placed us on red alert

● Les écoles, les universités et les entreprises ont dû encore fermer et la police nous a appelé à ne pas faire des trajets inutiles​→ Schools, universities and businesses had to close again and the police called on us to avoid unnecessary journeys

● L’aéroport de Dublin a annoncé la suspension du trafic aérien pendant la tempête donc beaucoup d’irlandais étaient coincés à l’étranger​ → Dublin airport announced the suspension of air traffic during the storm so a lot of Irish people got trapped abroad

● Quand on a annoncé l’alerte rouge, la population a commencé à paniquer parce qu’on ne voit pas souvent les conditions climatiques extrêmes​ → When the red alert was announced, the population began to panic because we don’t often experience extreme weather conditions

● Beaucoup de gens ont acheté assez de nourriture pour plusieurs jours et la plupart de supermarchés se sont écoulés du pain et du lait ​→ A lot of people bought enough food for several days and the majority of supermarkets ran out of bread and milk

● Certains quartiers ont souffert aussi d’une pénurie d’eau, à cause du gel et de la rupture des conduites d’eau ​→ Certain areas also suffered from a water shortage because of the freezing and bursting of water pipes

● Les sans-abris ont été durement frappés, et il était nécessaire de travailler ensemble pour les trouver de l’abri parce qu’en Europe, la vague de froid avait tué des dizaines de personnes​→ The homeless were hit hard and it was necessary that we worked together to find them shelter because in Europe, the cold snap had already killed tens of people

● Les personnes âgées étaient vulnérables aussi donc le gouvernement nous a encouragé de vérifier que nos proches et nos voisins allaient bien ​→ The elderly were also vulnerable so the government encouraged us to make sure that our relatives and neighbours were doing OK

● Heureusement, il n’y avait pas de décès en Irlande, mais en Europe, plus de cinquante personnes sont mortes​ → luckily, in Ireland there were no fatalities but in Europe, more than 50 people died

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