The north-west of France is about to be hit by storm Éowyn. Strong winds are expected on the west coasts of France and the Morbihan department will enter orange alert for rain and flooding from 6 p.m. Just like Calvados and Ille-et-Vilaine.
Éowyn is already affecting Ireland and the United Kingdom this Friday. Wind gusts were even recorded at 183 km/h in Ireland where, for the first time in its history, the entire country was placed on red alert. Authorities on both islands called on their residents to stay at home and hundreds of flights and trains were canceled. Late this morning, the Met Office, the British meteorological agency, announced that it had extended the perimeter of the red alert in force in certain parts of Scotland.
Classified as a “bomb cyclonic”, storm Éowyn hits Ireland this Friday and now the whole of the United Kingdom like the Porthcawl lighthouse in Wales. Winds that easily exceed 100 km/h push the waves above the breakwaters.
The violence of the winds took over many trees like here in Dublin. Ireland, January 24, 2025.
In Ireland, the winds were so violent that certain structures like here, an ice rink installed in Blanchardstown, in the suburbs of Dublin, gave way, torn by gusts.
Their cousins in the Northern Irish alter ego, Belfast, were no luckier. The force of the storm managed to uproot the trees from the ground, and with them part of the asphalt.
Still in the north of the United Kingdom, Scotland was not spared, placed on red alert from this Friday midday. In Glasgow, construction site barriers flew away as the storm passed.
Authorities are asking all residents in affected areas to stay at home. The violent winds do not only affect homes or trees since transport is also affected as here, on the A9 in the north-east of England, in County Durham where a lorry overturned due to 'a gust of wind.
Several train operators have issued “do not travel” warnings over safety fears. ScotRail has suspended all services in Scotland today, Avanti West Coast, Lumo, CrossCountry and Grand Central have also asked customers not to travel on certain lines in North Wales, Scotland and North Wales. England.
- The planes were also forced to remain grounded. All flights to or from Belfast and Dublin have been cancelled. Here, a Jet2 is heckled departing from Leeds Bradford Airport.
Electrical and telegraph installations also suffered from the situation. More than 715,000 homes, farms and businesses are without electricity in Ireland, according to the Irish Electricity Supply Board (ESB). Electrical and telegraph installations also suffered from the situation.
Most shops in affected areas have decided to close their doors for the day, like here in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Following the instructions of the authorities, most residents stay at home, leaving the streets empty, as in Edinburgh (Scotland) and scenes worthy of the 2020 confinement.
Continuing its path, the cyclonic bomb Éowyn arrives in the south of England and announces itself with a double rainbow, to the southwest of London where winds of more than 130 km/h have been measured.
The British capital is not spared this Friday, the umbrellas are not resistant to the winds on Waterloo Bridge in the British capital.
A few brave people in the south of England still dare to walk their dogs, at the risk of seeing them fly away. Here, a man braves the winds in Blackpool.
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