Storm Éowyn ravages UK and Ireland

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Storm Éowyn  is causing widespread disruption across Ireland and the UK with record winds leaving almost a third of Irish homes and businesses without power.  Hundreds of flights have also been cancelled. CGTN’s Ray Addison reports.  #storm #stormeowyn #weather #ukweather

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00:00A telegraph pole twists in the wind in Antrim, Northern Ireland, plucked from the ground

00:07by Storm Eowyn.

00:08Police have declared a major incident and advised against travel due to the risk of

00:13flying debris.

00:15The winds have forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, closed schools and public

00:20transport and left at least 715,000 homes, farms and businesses without power.

00:27Meanwhile across the border in Ireland, many roads and bridges are closed, blocked by uprooted

00:33trees and snapped power cords with Dublin's weather service saying gusts reached 182 kilometres

00:40per hour, breaking an 80 year record.

00:43Ireland's National Emergency Coordination Group has ordered people to shelter in place

00:48while the UK's Met Office has issued its highest alert level, a red weather warning.

00:56This is the first time the whole island of Ireland has been under a warning since Storm

01:01Ophelia killed three people in 2017.

01:05Irish power company ESB Networks has described the damage to its installations as unprecedented

01:11and warned it could take up to nine days to restore power, something that could exacerbate

01:17clean up efforts.

01:19Meanwhile in Scotland, drivers have been advised of the danger to come as Storm Eowyn continues

01:25to move east.

01:26Other parts of the UK have also been affected.

01:29At Birmingham Airport, planes were forced to fight heavy winds as they came into land.

01:34In Cornwall, a mini-tornado left a trail of destruction.

01:39Storm Eowyn, the fifth named storm of the season, is expected to subside over the weekend,

01:45however the clean up is likely to take some time.

01:48Ray Addison, CGTN.

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