The British government is working hard to meet requests for assistance from the devolved Stormont Executive for support in the wake of Storm Éowyn, Secretary of State Hilary Benn has said. Mr Benn also said that NIE Networks is considering whether goodwill payments should be made to those whose supply has been affected.
A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos.
Storm Éowyn, pronounced ‘Ay-oh-win’, has been advancing toward Ireland and the United Kingdom and is expected to bring gusty winds, heavy rain and some snow to the region Friday and Saturday.
A powerful storm has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and caused massive travel disruptions in the United Kingdom.
A powerful "bomb cyclone" named Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) will pummel parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom with fierce winds and heavy rainfall on Friday, and it has roots in the historic winter storm that just hit the U.S. Gulf Coast Tuesday.
Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.
Damage and power outages have been reported Friday as energy from a storm system that produced record snowfall along the Gulf Coast is bashing Western Europe with heavy precipitation and powerful wind gusts.
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An enormous bomb cyclone will slam Ireland late Thursday, bringing intense rain and wind on its way to delivering a separate blow to the United Kingdom. Damaging winds are expected across a wide swath of the region.
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