Storm Eowyn destroys Falkirk Co-op as entire wall terrifyingly collapses from supermarket

The partition of a Co-op store successful Denny, Falkirk, has been seemingly knocked down by Storm Eowyn's furious winds, arsenic the 100mph gusts proceed to origin havoc crossed the UK

The partition of a Co-op store has collapsed nether the monolithic winds of Storm Eowyn, arsenic its fury continues to beryllium felt astir the country.

The Co-op Food successful Denny, Falkirk, was severely damaged by precocious winds. Part of the wrong of the gathering was exposed arsenic a effect of the incident.

An representation shared connected societal media shows the gaping spread successful the precocious level of the premises, with bricks and wood having fallen to the ground. scotland>Police Scotland are successful attendance, but nary injuries person been reported.

A spokesperson for Falkirk Council said: “Following the partial illness of a gathering adjacent to Denny Cross, we impulse everyone to enactment distant from this country immediately. A structural technologist volition beryllium connected tract soon to afloat reappraisal the damage, and we volition marque the country unafraid arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable erstwhile it is safe.”

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Storm Éowyn continues to wreak chaos aft sweeping crossed the UK and Ireland contiguous and two radical person present died owed to the storm.

In Irvine, Scotland, a 49-year-old antheral was killed by "falling extortion tiles". His household person been informed by police. Another antheral died aft a histrion fell connected his car successful Co Donegal, Ireland.

Wind speeds reached 114mph successful Galway, Ireland, astatine 5am this greeting - provisionally the strongest winds ever recorded successful Ireland. Elsewhere successful the UK, schools closed and radical were told not to question arsenic winds posed a "danger to life".

Several yellowish and amber warnings for upwind - arsenic good arsenic a uncommon reddish informing - stay successful spot this day and this evening. The Met Office has besides issued snowfall and crystal warnings successful Scotland and Northern Ireland , successful spot into Saturday, Daily Record reported.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said this afternoon: “The power of Storm Éowyn connected the UK’s weather volition diminish arsenic it moves further northbound and eastbound connected Saturday morning, but there’s small respite successful the conditions for immoderate with the adjacent country of debased unit arriving from the southwest connected Sunday.”

“While Sunday’s strategy doesn’t person the aforesaid spot arsenic Eowyn, it volition hamper immoderate betterment efforts and bring further upwind and rain, with the anticipation of immoderate flooding successful places. 10-20mm of rainfall volition autumn rather wide connected Sunday successful cardinal and confederate England, overmuch of Wales and Northern Ireland, with 30-50mm imaginable implicit precocious ground.

“Thundery showers could apical up totals aboriginal successful the time for some. With this rainfall falling connected saturated crushed successful galore places, there’s a accidental of flooding for some, with winds an accompanying hazard with the system.”