Moment homeowner is nearly hit by falling tile as Storm Eowyn as winds reach 114mph
Moment homeowner is nearly hit by falling tile as Storm Eowyn as winds reach 114mph
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This is the moment a tile missed a homeowner’s head by centimetres as Storm Eowyn reached speeds of 114mph in Ireland. The near miss was captured on CCTV as a man tried to pin down a trampoline as he was battered by strong winds in Belfast. Footage shows a tile smash at his feet as the man cries out in horror before quickly taking shelter inside.
Ireland has taken the brunt of the storm, with Mace Head on the Galway coast recording a record gust of 114mph at 5am, with Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill urging people to stay at home, adding “we are in the eye of the storm now”, in an interview with BBC Radio Ulster.
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Meanwhile, Storm Eowyn is smashing into the UK bringing gusts of 100mph - with millions of Britons urged not to travel amid a rare “red” risk-to-life warning. The Met Office said a provisional peak gust of 100mph has been recorded at Drumalbin in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled at airports across the UK and Ireland, including Heathrow, with rail operators halting services and hundreds of schools closed in Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England. Around 50 departures and 58 arrivals were cancelled at Heathrow on Friday while one in five flights from airports in the UK and Ireland were cancelled as Storm Eowyn caused disruption at several major airports.
