Rare tornado warning in place with ‘once in 100-years’ Storm Eowyn set to hit UK
Share:
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Trains in Scotland will be suspended on Friday as Storm Eowyn – the first named storm of 2025 – brings tornados, 100mph winds and a ‘danger to life’ across the UK.
![[Roof tiles seen blown off by strong Storm Eowyn winds in Cornwall, UK.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237046554-d024.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Forecasters are describing Storm Eowyn as a one in a hundred-year event after upgrading their weather warnings to cover the entire British Isles. Now the Met Office has issued a red alert for strong winds in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland where gusts of up to 100mph are likely.
![[Tile fencing blown off by strong Storm Eowyn winds in Cornwall, UK.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237046526-fa11.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
ScotRail said all of its services will be suspended tomorrow and ‘strongly’ advised customers not to travel ‘as there will be no train services and no alternative transport will be available.’ Majority of schools in Scotland will be closed. Following the highest category warning, all schools in Northern Ireland have been told to close when the worst of the storm is expected to land tomorrow.
![[Latest Met Office wind warning map showing red, amber and yellow alerts issued in the UK for Storm Eowyn.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237043980-a5c7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
There are also yellow and amber warnings in place across England, Scotland and Wales. Scroll down to see a map of all the weather alerts. The shipping forecast issued a hurricane wind warning for the southwestern coast of Ireland, describing the ‘rough seas’ as ‘phenomenal.’.
![[A weather map issued by the Irish Met Service showing the red weather warning covering Ireland.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237041218-5232.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
People living between London and Bristol were warned that tornados may form, according to the European Storm Forecast Experiment, which issued a level one warning for southern England and Wales. Kendal Morris, Customer Services Director at SP Energy Networks spoke to North Wales Live and said their team has mobilised hundreds of engineers, vehicles, generators and equipment.
![[People walking in strong winds with their umbrellas being blown in the gusts.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_230631103-60f3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
