London -Record winds have struck Ireland, Northern Ireland and certain parts of the continental United Kingdom on Friday, and violent winds should spread throughout the region, including throughout the width of Scotland, While the islands suffered the biggest in the Eowyn storm.
Put Éireann, the national meteorological service of the Republic of Ireland, said that the country was shaken by gusts of wind up to 184 MPH in the county of Galway – the highest ever recorded on the island.
The Republic of Ireland was under a “red alert” on the part of its meteorological organization, which means that the public was warned that the storm was “extremely destructive and dangerous”.
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ESB Networks, the government organization responsible for the majority of the Irish electricity network, said on Friday morning that more than 715,000 households, farms and companies had been deprived of electricity following the storm. Other power outages were expected throughout Friday, said ESB.
More than 230 flights scheduled for the departure or arrival of Dublin airport were canceled on Friday morning due to bad weather, and all public transport was suspended throughout Ireland, government officials who have warned the public of Stay inside.
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The UK Met Office said on Friday that red warnings were in place in parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Gusts of more than 90 MPH were recorded on Friday morning in Northern Ireland and in certain parts of the northern Wales while the Eowyn storm moved to the United Kingdom. Many trains and other means of public transport have been blocked in the north of the United Kingdom and the first reports reported damage caused by the wind to trees and buildings.
“The Eowyn storm now brings very strong winds in certain parts of the United Kingdom. There is a potential for bursts of 100 MPH in the places exposed in the red alert zone,” said the chief meteorologist on Friday- Uni, Jason Kelly, in a press release. “Anyone in these red and orange warning areas must listen to the advice of local stakeholders and keep up to date with weather warnings for their region.”
The most severe red warnings in the United Kingdom, indicating a possible threat to life, covered Northern Ireland and the extreme north of England as well as the south and the center of Scotland, but the area D ‘Orange warning, which indicates a likely disruption of travel and a possible risk of flying debris. , covered a much wider area, extending south to Manchester and Liverpool.
