Teresa Mannion's performance during this weekend's Storm Desmond weather report has earned her instant social media praise and fame.
Clutching her mic amid pouring rain and with an air of drama, she told viewers: “Don’t make unnecessary journeys, don’t take risks on treacherous roads.”
The report has been shared thousands of times, as have various screenshots and a mountain of parodies, memes and one fairly catchy remix.
Here is what happened right after poor teresa's transmission
Posted by Gerard Walsh on Sunday, 6 December 2015
Storm Desmond!!! DON'T GO OUT THERE PEOPLE!!!!
Posted by Damo & Ivor on Saturday, 5 December 2015
Oscar glory for the most dramatic performance of the year..
So proud of @MANNIOT 😀 (Inspired by @YourRTEGuide ) pic.twitter.com/JD4lSq5S5J
— Jim Sheridan (@Jim_Sheridan) December 5, 2015Has #TeresaMannion won the internet yet? #StormDesmond #rtenews pic.twitter.com/V5Ww6KJ3Ci
— Emmet Kennedy (@RadioEmmet) December 6, 2015DESMOND WHO?? #stormteresa âš¡ï¸â˜”ï¸âš¡ï¸â˜”ï¸âš¡ï¸
— Emma Klyne (@EKlyne) December 7, 2015@rtenews #StormDesmond thanks for all the tweets. Team effort! pic.twitter.com/hvF32wWbCi
— TERESA MANNION (@MANNIOT) December 5, 2015About to go outside, hopefully I stay calm in this raging storm of life just like my new hero #teresamannion
— JamesVincentMcMorrow (@jamesvmcmorrow) December 5, 2015@jamesvmcmorrow pic.twitter.com/duIU6tuGu8
— michael smyth (@wheresgrandad) December 6, 2015The report picked up international attention, with the Independent in the UK running the story on Monday morning.
People have also called for the next storm to be named after the reporter (there's an online petition you can sign here). Unfortunately, the next storm will be called Eva, according to the list voted for by the public.
#StormTeresa will likely not materialise further down the alphabetical list either, as Storm Tegan takes the entry for the letter "T".
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