Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of schools and public transport.

Winds reached 100mph as Storm Eowyn caused travel disruption and left thousands without power across the UK and Ireland. Rail services, flights and ferries have been cancelled across the country as rare red weather warnings are in place on Friday in Scotland.

Flights and trains have been cancelled and red weather warnings are in place in Scotland and Northern Ireland as Storm Eowyn hits the UK.

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

One person has died in Ireland and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power in the UK as Storm Éowyn brought record-breaking wind gusts. The man died when a tree fell on his car in County Donegal, Gardaí (Irish police) said.

More than 1,000 flights are canceled and ground transportation is suspended as a severe winter storm sweeps across the UK and Ireland on Friday.

Red warnings for wind cover the entirety of Ireland and parts of Scotland as the storm brings staggering winds posing a danger to life. Trains and flights across the UK face cancellation or disruption and schools have been closed.

There are four Met Office weather warnings in place across the UK today as Storm Eowyn continues to bring disruption. Thousands of homes and businesses across Ireland are without power after it saw record-breaking wind speeds yesterday.

Damage and power outages have been reported Friday as energy from a storm system that produced record snowfall along the Gulf Coast is bashing Western Europe with heavy precipitation and powerful wind gusts.

The entire rail networks in Scotland and Northern Ireland were closed all day on Friday. TransPennine Express, Northern, LNER and CrossCountry cancelled Anglo-Scottish trains. No trains ran north of Preston on the West Coast main line nor north of Newcastle on the East Coast main line.