The Met Office has issued an urgent update on a previously issued red alert as Storm Eowyn causes mass chaos across the UK with widespread travel disruptions and school closures. Red wind warnings are in effect in Northern Ireland until 2pm on Friday and in western central and southern areas of Scotland until 5pm.

Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

Denny, United Kingdom - January 25, 2025 Storm Éowyn battered parts of the UK and Ireland on Friday, 24 January, with winds exceeding 100 MPH. The storm prompted rare red warnings in both countries, leaving one man dead in Raphoe,