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The UK and Ireland are struggling to repair the damage caused by Storm Éowyn, with nearly one million properties without electricity and numerous disruptions to public transport systems that prompted many travel cancellations. The fiercest gusts of the storm arrived on Friday, leaving one man dead in Ireland. However, the storm’s strong winds have continued into the weekend and an amber warning, upgraded from yellow, was issued for Scotland, which will last until 06:00 GMT on Saturday with all trains cancelled until noon. Further yellow warnings for rain, wind, snow and ice will last until Monday morning in other areas.
Storm Éowyn has caused widespread destruction, with hundreds of trees falling, roads blocked, buildings damaged and electoral connection outages across the regions. Northern Ireland officials have reported a significant amount of damage, with more than 1,800 fallen trees, branches and debris obstructing roads alongside damage caused to 60 schools with several buildings being repaired. Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board said it will take a “significant number of days” to restore power to many areas. On Friday, 625,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity, while 138,000 people were without water.
While the strongest winds have passed, the storm is expected to bring gusts of over 80 mph (128 km/h) across the coast and hills of Scotland and Northern Ireland. There remain nine storm warnings in place across the UK. According to Mark Jones and Liam Downs, two survivors of Storm Éowyn, the storm’s impact was like “an earthquake” and “only a hurricane could do that”. They both had tales of cars being lifted as if made of paper and trees falling down on roads causing mayhem in the local community.
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