Storm Éowyn is causing widespread disruption across Ireland and the UK with record winds leaving almost a third of Irish homes and businesses without power.
Hundreds of flights have also been cancelled. CGTN’s Ray Addison reports.
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Hundreds of flights have also been cancelled. CGTN’s Ray Addison reports.
#storm #stormeowyn #weather #ukweather
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00:00A telegraph pole twists in the wind in Antrim, Northern Ireland, plucked from the ground
00:07by Storm Eowyn.
00:08Police have declared a major incident and advised against travel due to the risk of
00:13flying debris.
00:15The winds have forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, closed schools and public
00:20transport and left at least 715,000 homes, farms and businesses without power.
00:27Meanwhile across the border in Ireland, many roads and bridges are closed, blocked by uprooted
00:33trees and snapped power cords with Dublin's weather service saying gusts reached 182 kilometres
00:40per hour, breaking an 80 year record.
00:43Ireland's National Emergency Coordination Group has ordered people to shelter in place
00:48while the UK's Met Office has issued its highest alert level, a red weather warning.
00:56This is the first time the whole island of Ireland has been under a warning since Storm
01:01Ophelia killed three people in 2017.
01:05Irish power company ESB Networks has described the damage to its installations as unprecedented
01:11and warned it could take up to nine days to restore power, something that could exacerbate
01:17clean up efforts.
01:19Meanwhile in Scotland, drivers have been advised of the danger to come as Storm Eowyn continues
01:25to move east.
01:26Other parts of the UK have also been affected.
01:29At Birmingham Airport, planes were forced to fight heavy winds as they came into land.
01:34In Cornwall, a mini-tornado left a trail of destruction.
01:39Storm Eowyn, the fifth named storm of the season, is expected to subside over the weekend,
01:45however the clean up is likely to take some time.
01:48Ray Addison, CGTN.