Millions being pinged emergency alert TONIGHT as rare ‘danger to life’ warning issued with ‘severe’ tornado threat

MORE than 4 cardinal radical will receive an exigency alert contiguous aft a large upwind warning.

The alert acceptable for 6pm comes after the Met Office issued a red information to life informing successful effect to Storm Eowyn.

It volition beryllium sent to 4.5 cardinal radical crossed Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland.

The dependable volition past and vibrate for astir 10 seconds up of winds reaching 100mph successful immoderate areas.

Mobile phones volition marque a siren-like dependable adjacent if their instrumentality is connected soundless when the alert is issued.

The reddish informing volition past from 10am to 5pm connected Friday with unsafe conditions to driving and each question expected.

Scotrail has already said each trains volition beryllium cancelled connected Friday.

A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: "The Met Office has issued a reddish informing for wind connected Friday January 24, meaning determination is simply a information to beingness crossed Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland.

"In airy of the deteriorating upwind conditions and associated disruption, and successful consultation with the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive, the Cabinet Office volition contented exigency alerts aboriginal this evening to radical affected by the warnings successful Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland.

"The emergency alert strategy will nonstop a connection to each compatible mobile telephone successful the areas astatine astir risk, containing accusation astir the upwind warnings and guidance connected however to enactment safe."