Storm Eowyn ‘probably the strongest to hit the UK in at least 10 years’
Storm Eowyn ‘probably the strongest to hit the UK in at least 10 years’
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Storm Eowyn has been “pretty exceptional” and was “probably the strongest storm” to hit the UK in at least 10 years, the Met Office has said. It was the most intense in “more like 20 or 30 years” for some parts of the country, forecasters added.
Parts of Ireland saw the highest windspeeds since records began after they reached 114mph in Mace Head, Co Galway, on Friday. A gust of 100mph was recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire in Scotland that day. Kacper Dudek, 20, died after a tree fell on his car at Feddyglass, Raphoe in Co Donegal, early on Friday and Irish police are investigating the incident.
More than a million people in the UK were without power, and there was significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland. The storm eased slightly overnight but those carrying out recovery work in Scotland will still face some “fairly difficult” conditions, the Met Office said.
A yellow warning for strong winds is in place for much of Scotland until 3pm on Saturday, where gusts could reach 50-60mph inland, 60-70mph on exposed coasts and hills and possibly 70-80mph in the Northern Isles. Yellow snow and ice warnings are in place until 10am in Northern Ireland and 11am in parts of Scotland.
A yellow ice warning covers the East, South East and South West of England, East and West Midlands, and parts of Wales until 10am. Saturday will be bright and sunny for large parts of the UK but a new weather front from the south west is set to bring wet and windy weather as the weekend continues, with a chance of local flooding.
