The “cyclone of the century” will hit Portugal this weekend. In Ireland there is “danger to life”

Bad weather arrives in Portugal on Saturday. The continent will be hit by two storms originating from the polar mass that affected the USA.

After a two-day break, this Thursday and Friday, the rain will return with full force at the weekend.

A new storm was already predicted, after GAROE, which brought rain until this Wednesday, but now meteorologists are predicting a real hurricane.

The storm Éowyn will join the Florisadvances , and bring the bad weather back to Portugal.

The origin will be in a strong polar jet, the same one that caused an unusual snowfall in the USA, which is moving to Portugal. This “mix” of storms has already reached record windsreaching 350 to 370 km/h, at an altitude of 9 km.

But Éowyn will actually have the “force of a hurricane”, forecasters warn, especially in Ireland. In that country, flying debris can cause danger to life, with wind gusts of up to 61km/h along some coasts.

Red warnings, very rare, were then activated by the BBC. In Northern Ireland, warnings have already extended throughout the morning and early afternoon on Friday. In the UK, flights and trains are expected to be cancelled.

In northern Europe, Éowyn is already called the “cyclone of the century”. The quote from the chairman of the Irish National Emergency Coordination Group, who guarantees that the storm will be “dangerous, destructive” and “one of the most serious storms Ireland has ever seen“.

In Portugal, the case will not be as alarming, but it is expected that rain reaches the entire continental territory and Azores on Saturday, and it started to rain on Friday across the north of the country. Only Madeira should escape the rain.