4 days ago · Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island. ... 2025, as storm Eowyn brings winds over 100 mph to the U.K. and Ireland.

3 days ago · Work was underway to remove hundreds of trees blocking roads and railway lines in the wake of the system, named Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) by weather authorities. In Ireland, wind snapped telephone poles, ripped apart a …

4 days ago · A 20-year-old man was killed when a tree fell on his car in Ireland as winds reached a record 114mph. Parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland suffered widespread property damage, and Network Rail ...

4 days ago · Damage could be seen in Belfast in Northern Ireland on Friday as a major storm continued to lash Ireland and Scotland with hurricane-force winds. Forecasters issued a rare “red” weather warning, meaning danger to life, across the whole island of Ireland and central and southwest Scotland.

4 days ago · Wind speeds of 114mph have been recorded in Ireland as Storm Eowyn causes widespread disruption on both sides of the Irish Sea. In the UK, wind gusts of 100mph have been recorded in Drumalbin in ...

3 days ago · A wind gust of 114 mph (183 kph) was recorded on the west coast, breaking a record set in 1945. A man died after a tree fell on his car in County Donegal in northwest Ireland, local police said.

5 days ago · With the storm bringing gusts of wind around 100 mph (161 kph), people have been urged by authorities to put on hold any travel plans, while schools across the areas affected have decided to close for the day. Ireland’s Met Éireann issued a rare nationwide red warning for wind across the country between 2 a.m. and 10 p.m. It said there’s a ...

5 days ago · Storm Éowyn brought winds of more than 90mph to Northern Ireland, leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power. About 214,000 properties were without electricity as of 21:30 GMT on Friday.

5 days ago · By early Friday, the storm had already brought record winds to the Irish coast. At 5 a.m., a gust of 114 miles per hour was recorded at Mace Head, County Galway, beating a previous national record ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Storm Éowyn has been named with disruptive winds likely for some on Friday and Saturday. The system could bring gusts in excess of 80mph on exposed coasts in Northern Ireland, northern England, northwestern Wales and western Scotland, with Met Office Yellow Severe Weather Warning s issued and further updates likely in the coming days.