Storm Éowyn brings flights, events in England, record winds to Ireland

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Ireland was hit by winds of up to 183 km/h as a winter storm battered northern parts of England on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

Schools were closed, trains were suspended and hundreds of flights were canceled in the Republic of Ireland, Neighboring Northern Ireland and Scotland as a result of Storyyn Eowyn’s System by the Air Authority.

Forecasters are issuing a rare ‘red’ weather warning, a threat to life, for Friday across all of Ireland and central and south-west Scotland.

“Please stay at home only if you can,” Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill on BBC Radio Ulster. “We’re in the eye of the storm now. We’re in a red alert period.”

The massive limbs of a tree are shown horizontally across a road as a car approaches. — A fallen tree that fell during a storm leads to a road in Holywood, near Belywood, Northern Ireland on Friday. Parts of England saw rare ‘red’ wind warnings. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Outside the gates of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scottish First Minister John Swinney said: “We need to be clear. People should not travel.”

And more than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power in Ireland due to “unprecedented, widespread, widespread and widespread” damage to Irish electricity infrastructure.

The exterior of a structure is shown with extensive damage to the roof. — An ice skating facility destroyed by high winds is shown in Blanchardstown, Ireland. (Brian lawless / pa / associated press)

Ireland Weather Authority, Eireann, a new wind record was recorded at Mace Head on the West Coast, the previous mark of 182 km/h was set at Mace Head on the West Coast in 1945.

The storm is accelerated by the jet stream and fed with energy in the upper atmosphere. Air pressure is expected to drop rapidly, and a bomb cyclone can occur when a storm’s pressure drops by 24 millibars in 24 hours.

Waves from a body of water are shown high against a wall near a row of buildings. — Waves crash against the sea wall at Carnlough on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland. (Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images)

Scientists say the exact effect of climate change on storms is difficult, but all storms occur in an atmosphere that is unusually warmed by anthropogenically released pollutants such as carbon dioxide and methane.

“As the climate warms, we can expect these storms to become more intense, with more damage,” said the impact professor of climate change at Newcastle University.