### [2025-01-24](/feed/2025/01/24/index.md)

##### 2024–25 European windstorm season
# A man is killed in County Donegal, Ireland, after high winds cause a tree to fall on his car. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78x4503neyo)

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