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.

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.

Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years.

The 766 instances of critical distress reported in Northern Ireland represented a 3.9% rise in the province compared with the same period the previous year, bucking the trend of the UK-wide average wh

Further support has been promised from London as work continues to repair damage caused across Northern Ireland by Storm Eowyn. On Sunday evening, more than 75,000 people remained without power and work continued to clear fallen trees from roads.

More than 100,000 remain without power in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. Additional engineers have been brought to the region from Great Britain to help NIE Networks with the task of restoring power.

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Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

A powerful storm has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and caused massive travel disruptions in the United Kingdom.

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.

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Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving 560,000 homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of schools and public transport.