Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

Renfrew, United Kingdom - January 24, 2025 Storm Éowyn battered parts of the UK and Ireland on Friday, 24 January, with winds exceeding 100 MPH. The storm prompted rare red warnings in both countries,

Met Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national meteorological service, said that the country had faced wind gusts of 114mph in County Galway– the highest recorded wind speeds ever recorded on the island.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

NOAA hurricane hunters were sent to Ireland to collect data on events like Storm Éowyn. Video shows the P-3 Orion aircraft, nicknamed Kermit, against a backdrop of chilly ice and snow. We’re most used to seeing them flying in the tropics,

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

Red weather warnings, meaning there is a danger to life, are in place as fierce winds bring widespread disruption.