Danger to life warning from 100mph winds
Flights have been delayed, roads closed and ferry services cancelled as 100mph winds from Storm Eowyn pose a danger to life in parts of the UK on Friday morning.
As PA Media reports, rail services and flights have been axed, with rare red weather warnings issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland as Storm Eowyn is likely to damage buildings, uproot trees and cause power cuts, the Met Office said.
Train operator ScotRail suspended all services across Scotland on Friday, saying it “would not be safe to operate passenger services due to forecast weather conditions”.
Dozens of flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports were cancelled on Friday morning due to ongoing weather conditions, while Belfast International warned of significant disruption to flights.
A number of train companies including Avanti West Coast, Lumo, CrossCountry and Grand Central have also told customers not to travel on routes across parts of north Wales, Scotland and northern England with no services running.
Passengers and motorists in areas covered by red and amber weather warnings have been told to avoid travel “unless absolutely essential”.
We’ll bring you more as it develops this morning.
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In a statement at the Scottish parliamentfirst minister, John Swinneysaid:
The Met Office advice is clear, the potential impacts include danger to life, structural damage to property and transport and power disruptions.
We have to be clear, people should not travel.”
Meanwhile, Calmac Ferries and Western Ferries announced Friday’s planned sailings had been cancelled.
Glasgow and Edinburgh airports saw dozens of flights cancelled on Friday morning due to bad weather conditions.
Red warning comes into effect in Northern Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland described the storm as an “exceptional weather event” and said it was expected to bring the strongest winds seen in the region since 1998.
-Red warnings for wind have been issued by the Met Office for much of Northern Ireland from 7am until 2pm on Friday.
You can check out the Met Office map of warnings across the UK here.
Scottish motorists told not to travel
Police Scotland Chief Superintendent Hilary Sloan said: “Our advice to any road user is not travellingand that’s really the message we want to get across today.
It’s really unusual for us to have a red weather warning and that advice is in place for the duration of that warning.”
The Met Office red warning in Scotland runs from 10am to 5pm and covers the central belt including Glasgow and Edinburgh, stretching north on the west coast to Jura in Argyll and Bute and south to Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway.
Fastest ever wind recorded in Ireland, forecaster says
A wind speed of 114mph brought by Storm Eowyn has been recorded in Ireland, the fastest since records began, forecaster Met Eireann said.
Danger to life warning from 100mph winds
Flights have been delayed, roads closed and ferry services cancelled as 100mph winds from Storm Eowyn pose a danger to life in parts of the UK on Friday morning.
As PA Media reports, rail services and flights have been axed, with rare red weather warnings issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland as Storm Eowyn is likely to damage buildings, uproot trees and cause power cuts, the Met Office said.
Train operator ScotRail suspended all services across Scotland on Friday, saying it “would not be safe to operate passenger services due to forecast weather conditions”.
Dozens of flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports were cancelled on Friday morning due to ongoing weather conditions, while Belfast International warned of significant disruption to flights.
A number of train companies including Avanti West Coast, Lumo, CrossCountry and Grand Central have also told customers not to travel on routes across parts of north Wales, Scotland and northern England with no services running.
Passengers and motorists in areas covered by red and amber weather warnings have been told to avoid travel “unless absolutely essential”.
We’ll bring you more as it develops this morning.
