Millions warned to stay inside with Storm Eowyn blasting UK with 108mph winds

Schools are closed and millions person been told to enactment wrong arsenic Storm Eowyn brings winds of implicit 100mph to Britain.

A uncommon reddish weather informing is successful spot successful parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the Met Office informing of a important hazard to beingness posed by flying debris arsenic good arsenic harm to buildings and powerfulness lines.

Sea, aerial and roadworthy question is apt to beryllium heavy disrupted, with Network Rail suspending each services, including replacement buses, successful Scotland today.

Ferry operators person besides cancelled galore Irish Sea crossings due to the fact that of Storm Eowyn, portion British Airways has grounded much than 20 flights.

Additional formation cancellations person taken spot astatine Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast airports.

Police person said cipher should question from oregon to the reddish informing areas and motorists person been told to enactment disconnected the roads unless perfectly necessary.

Around 4.5 cardinal radical successful affected areas received an exigency alert connected their phones connected Thursday successful what has been the ‘largest existent beingness usage of the instrumentality to date’.

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