TV show to look at the science behind Storm Éowyn

Recent storms have caused unprecedented damage across the country and, as our climate continues to warm, they are expected to become even more frequent and extreme.

The next episode of 10 Things To Know About on RTÉ1 on Monday at 8.30pm explores the issue.

The team examine the science of Storm Éowyn, which struck in January and was the most powerful to hit Ireland since 1961, resulting in the highest gusts and sustained winds since digital records began.

We meet researchers who tracked and forecast the storm’s arrival, monitored the impacts of the highest windspeeds ever recorded in Ireland, and who are analysing data and running models to investigate how we need to prepare for when the next Éowyn hits.

Our weather systems generally arrive from the Atlantic, but the east coast is far from immune to the impacts of storms.

In South Dublin Bay, nature has built an unexpected line of defence - wide, shallow waters, a sand spit and dunes that strip away some of wave energy of storms and protect the coast from the fury of the sea.

We meet the researchers using latest technology to monitor changes in these natural storm buffers, who discuss how better planning and climate adaptation measures can help protect them and allow nature to do her job.

Severe storms cause widespread forest destruction, and the impacts are devastating: thousands of hectares felled, massive economic losses for forest owners, ecological damage, and immense emotional toll on thousands of people.

We also hear from researchers striving to ensure Ireland is better prepared, and our forests are more resilient, in the face of storms in the future. And in Curious Chronicles, Fergus takes to the waves to investigate the storm that’s widely believed to have inspired one of the world’s most famous plays