Almost a million households and businesses throughout Ireland remained without electricity on Friday as a result of the ejection of the deep pressure below Éowyn, which also hit parts of Scotland and was accompanied by wind with the power of the Orcane. The schools remained closed, trains or ferries did not sell, more than 1,000 flights were canceled in Ireland and Britain. The whirlwind also requested at least one victim, TASR informs, referring to Irish TV RTé and AP.
Meteorologists have issued a rare red warning for the whole of Ireland, as well as the Middle and southwestern Scotland, warning of life -threatening conditions. After weakening the wind, this warning and warnings of lower degrees – orange and yellow – was canceled.
Damage caused by the whirlwind, during which a record wind impact with a speed of 183 km/h was still evaluated, are still evaluated. In many places on the coast of Ireland, impacts with a speed of more than 130 km/h were recorded.
In the county of Donegal lying in the northwest of Ireland, according to the local police information, a man died on whose car fell a tree.
ESB Networks said that there are approximately 625,000 customers without electricity. In Northern Ireland, the failure affected about 240,000 households and companies. ESB representative told RTé that the whirlwind has caused unprecedented damage throughout the mains and the recovery of supplies will take more than a week in the most affected areas.
According to the Water Company Uisce éireann, there are more than 120,000 people without water supply. This is because wastewater treatment plants do not have electricity.
As a result, 160,000 households and companies are without the Internet, the telecommunications company EIR said.
After the passage of the below, Éowyn began to flow to Ireland with cold air. Temperatures in some places fall to minus two degrees Celsius at night. Such temperatures are expected especially in the middle of the island, where the previous night was 12 degrees. Temperature drop in Ireland will be accompanied by rain with snow or snow.
The low -level Éowyn was due to a process called explosive cycling, during which the air pressure in the center of the cyclone drops by 24 million in 24 hours. The wind blowing over the ocean, unlike the mainland, encounters less resistance, allowing it to reach considerable speed.
