Man dies after tree falls on his car in Ireland
A man has died after a tree fell on his car during Storm Eowyn in Co Donegal, police in Ireland said.
Key events
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A summary of today’s developments
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Man dies after tree falls on his car in Ireland
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More than one million homes, farms and business without power in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
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After Storm Éowyn batters the UK, here’s a summary of today’s key events…
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Two major bridges in Scotland closed
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240,000 homes in Northern Ireland without power
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725,000 homes and premises without power in Ireland
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New amber warning for wind in place for Scottish Highlands
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20,000 Scottish Power customers across centre and south of Scotland without electricity
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Red wind weather warning extended in Scotland
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More than 2,500 customers without power in Scotland, says major energy provider
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Road closed in East Lothian due to overturned vehicles, says Police Scotland
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Weather warnings for UK and Northern Ireland listed
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Millions urged to stay home as record breaking Storm Éowyn brings disruption
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Northern Ireland in ‘the eye of the storm right now’, says first minister O’Neill
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Approx. 150,000 premises in Ireland at risk of water supply issues
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More than 715,000 homes and premises without power in Ireland as ESB describe outage as ‘unprecedented’
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Police declare major incident in Northern Ireland
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More than 500,000 homes without power in Ireland
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Public urged to stay at home as Ireland braces for arrival of Storm Éowyn
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Red warning comes into effect in Northern Ireland
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Scottish motorists told not to travel
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Fastest ever wind recorded in Ireland, forecaster says
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Danger to life warning from 100mph winds
A summary of today’s developments
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More than 1,000 flights were cancelled and a number of main roads closed as millions of people in the UK and Ireland were asked to stay home amid red “danger to life” warnings owing to a rare “weather bomb” brought by Storm Éowyn.
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A man died after a tree fell on his car during Storm Eowyn in Co Donegal, police in Ireland said.
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More than one million homes, farms and businesses in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are without power as record-breaking wind speeds swept across the area. ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks said they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island, with 725,000 customers affected in the Republic and 283,000 in Northern Ireland. The Scottish Government’s Resilience Room met on Friday afternoon and officials said around 100,000 households across the country were without power.
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There will be no trains in Scotland until at least midday on Saturday, ScotRail said. With the impact of Storm Éowyn causing major transport disruptions, the railway operator said it will not know the full extent of the damage to its tracks and overhead lines until Network Rail carries out a full assessment, a process ScotRail says will “take quite a bit of time”. Workers are expected to start clearing fallen trees and other debris that has landed on the tracks. As a result, all ScotRail services will be suspended until at least 12pm on Saturday.
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Millions of people have been urged to stay at home as 100mph winds pose a danger to life and cause travel disruption across the UK, reports the PA news agency. About 4.5 million people received emergency alerts on their phones warning of the incoming storm in the “largest real-life use of the tool to date” on Thursday, reports the PA news agency, with more amber and yellow weather warnings for wind and rain issued for across the weekend.
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Police Scotland said its officers had responded to around 1,500 weather-related incidents across the country related to Storm Eowyn by 6pm on Friday.
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PA news agency analysis of flight tracking website FlightRadar24 shows at least 334 flights have been cancelled across airports in Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh and Glasgow. According to the PA news agency, this means about 50,000 passengers have been affected.
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Satellite imagery potentially shows a dangerous weather phenomenon known as a ‘sting jet’ formed over Ireland on Friday morning, according to the Met Office. A sting jet is a small area of very intense winds, which can be as strong as 100mph or more, according to the weather service. In a sting jet, the strongest winds usually last between three and four hours across an area as small as 30 miles, the forecaster said.
NIE Networks activated its emergency plans in response to the storm, and efforts to restore power have commenced following the end of the red weather warning.
Managing director of NIE Networks Derek Hynes said that almost one in three people in Northern Ireland have no power.
“At this early stage, we believe that there are well over 4,000 locations in Northern Ireland where our network has been damaged by the wind or falling trees. Each of these locations will need to be visited.
“Right now we are prioritising faults which affect the largest numbers of homes and businesses. It is likely that it will take us up to ten days to get to the final locations and restore power to those residents.”
The power in Forth Valley Royal Hospital in central Scotland has been restored after a “brief power outage” this afternoon, the hospital said.
“There was a short period before the back-up generators came onstream, where contingency arrangements were required to be put in place,” it said in a statement posted on X.
The hospital added that phone lines were affected “for a period of time” but that they now had been restored.
Icy stretches are possible first thing on Saturday, the Met Office said.
It added it will be windy across Scotland as Storm Éowyn clears followed by wintry showers and possible thunder
There will be a calmer start to the weekend elsewhere with lengthy periods of sunshine.
A trampoline took flight and a plane struggled to land as Storm Éowyn hit the UK and Ireland.
More than 1,000 flights were cancelled and a number of main roads closed as millions of people were asked to stay home amid red “danger to life” warnings owing to a rare “weather bomb” brought by the storm.
Police Scotland said its officers had responded to around 1,500 weather-related incidents across the country related to Storm Eowyn by 6pm on Friday.
Amber and yellow wind warnings have been updated by the Met Office, who said the storm will continue to bring very strong winds across northern areas of the UK during Friday night and Saturday.
ScotRail said the 90mph-plus gusts have led to the following items being discovered on train lines today: trees, a trampoline, a sofa, shed roofs and wheelie bins.
It has urged people to always secure their garden furniture.
