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A fierce storm is lashing Ireland and Scotland with record winds, downing power lines

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Schools are closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland , neighboring Northern Ireland and Scotland .

More than 700,000 homes and businesses in Ireland and almost 100,000 in Northern Ireland are without power due to "unprecedented, widespread and extensive" damage to electricity infrastructure.

Scotland 's Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh shuts its doors and Scottish First Minister John Swinney says: "People should not travel".

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87

Informative language

87

Neutral language

56

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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