b'Table 5.2 Climatic Hazards by categoryEXTREME WEATHER DESCRIPTIONEVENTSExtreme RainfallJan 2016. Wettest January on Record.October 2011. Heavy rain and flooding approaching 1/100 year event.November 2009. Severe flooding with rainfall totals highest on record.August 2008. Heavy rain & flooding on back of a dry spell (combination event)November 2002. Heavy rain and severe flooding.November 2000. Heavy rain and severe flooding.! ! November 1993. Prolonged rainfall and severe flooding.August 1986: Hurricane Charley: Heavy rainfall and severe flooding. Wind StormsSeptember 2018. Storm Ali gale force winds.October 2017.Storm Ophelia RED level Wind Warning.February 2014: Storm Darwin ORANGE level warning 1/20 year eventDecember 2013February 2014: Series of wind storms.December 1997: Windstorm, strong winds.August 1986: Hurricane Charley: Strong and damaging winds.! ! February /March 2018: Storm Emma (Beast from the East) blizzard, heavy snowfall,Freezing conditions/ Heavy Snowsnowdrift. Significant disruption.28 Nov/13th Dec 2010:Extreme by duration cold/ice eventWinter 2009/2010: Dec, Jan, Feb: Coldest winter in 50 yearsJanuary 1987: Heavy snowfall.! Ex !treme heat/drought! ! Summer 1995: Warmest Summer since 1955Summer 2006: Warmest driest, sunniest summer since 1996 (exceeded 2018)Summer 2018: High temperatures, heatwave and drought conditions.Combination eventsSome of the above events represent combination events, for example: ! ! The heavy snowfall in February / March 2018 was a combination of a cold blast(beast from the East), moving across Ireland, from Eastern Europe and Storm Emma,moving Northeast from the Atlantic, up through the country.Water scarcity in the summer 2018 was through a combination of a prolongedheatwave and a prolonged drought period occurring at the same time. Water scarcity lead to a hosepipe ban and other water conservation efforts in the greater Leinster region.37'