Eowyn sweeps everything in her path from Ireland, putting Scotland on red alert as well.
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Scientists have called Storm Eowin a “weather bomb” while stressing that climate change is increasing the destructive power of storms.
A dead man
Winds are running at an all-time record of 185km/h and a man died in Ireland when a tree fell on his car in County Donegal.
One in five UK flights were canceled and all trains stopped in Scotland.
They emptied the supermarkets
All schools in Northern Ireland were closed as the storm damaged buildings and downed trees. Northern Ireland is in the “eye of the storm” with a real threat to life and property, First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. In fact, 280,000 houses have been left without electricity.
Around 117,000 homes and businesses are without power in central and southern Scotland and another 5,000 in Wales, according to SP Energy Networks.
More than 4.5 million people received emergency alerts on their cellphones while emptying supermarket shelves.