Strongest winds that have been measured on the island • a death • the danger is not over
A man in County Donegal in northern Ireland died when a tree fell over his car.
This is the only reported death in connection with the storm Éowyn. But thousands of train and flight departures have been canceled and many households have been powerless on the British Isles. Even during Friday night, over 900,000 households lack electricity only in Ireland, writes RTE.
In Northern Ireland, a quarter of a million households can remain powerless into next week, reports BBC.
“Stay at home”
In the areas around Galway on the west coast of the Irish island, the wind blew with a strength of just over 50 meters per second, according to Ireland’s meteorological authority, and it was alerted about blown down on roads across the country.
Please, just stay at home if you can, Northern Ireland’s first Minister Michelle O’Neill told BBC Radio Ulster.
Schools in Ireland and Scotland were closed and lots of flight and train departures have been canceled. In Scotland, no trains will go until at the earliest lunchtime on Saturday. There it blew at most 45 meters per second.
Residents of Scotland are also invited to stay at home. Further south, in parts of England, flooding is feared.
Continuing towards Norway
The red warnings – Britain’s highest warning level – were removed late in the afternoon, but the danger is not over, says Scotland’s first Minister John Swinney.
The warnings for very severe weather with winds, snow and ice continue to apply, he tells the BBC.
The weather is expected to move on across the North Sea towards Norway, but is also believed to have slowed some in strength by that time.