In Ireland and Scotland, with gusts of wind reaching 183 km/h, the Eowyn storm broke historical records on Friday January 24. A million households are still deprived of electricity and many roofs have been torn off. The red alert was lifted in both nations.
“It's a historical storm”said Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on his X account on Friday, January 24, 2025, only one day after coming to power. Nearly a million households are deprived of electricity in Ireland and Scotland, due to the strong winds carried by the Eowyn storm which rocked the two nations. In Ireland, a man died after the fall of a tree on his car, the police announced, as the Parisian reports. According to the Irish Meteorological Agency, puts Éireann, the storm broke historical records with gusts of 183 km/h near Galway, exceeding the historic record of 1945.
A meteorological bomb
If the red alert is now lifted in both countries, the British meteorology agency, Met Office, calls on the population to remain vigilant. The strongest gusts were recorded south of Glasgow, with gusts reaching 160 km/h. In France, the national weather agency talks about “Meteorological bomb” To define the phenomenon created by a rapid digging of a depression which generates violent winds over a short period and in a limited area. Friday, January 24, Morbihan was thus placed in orange rain and floods, as well as the departments of Ille-et-Vilaine and Calvados for risks of floods.
In all, nearly a million households, companies and shops are deprived of electricity, including 725,000 in Ireland, according to the public operator ESB. This evokes damage “extended” et “unprecedented”. Among the significant facts, the covered stadium of the University of Galway was completely destroyed, and several roofs were torn from the Celtic nation. Air traffic has gradually resumed in Scotland and Ireland. “We call on the population to stay safe, to be very cautious and to take all precautions to ensure that you do not make unnecessary trips”said the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill.
-Posted on January 24 at 10:56 p.m., Gabriel Gadré, 6media
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