The alert was upgraded from an amber wind warning to a red warning on Thursday.

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

The rare red weather warning will be in effect across Northern Ireland from 07:00 until 14:00 GMT on Friday.

Follow live as Storm Eowyn hits the UK, with winds expected to reach up to 100mph. The entire country is covered by alerts ...

Storm forecasters say "a strong event cannot be ruled out" in the UK - with an explosive cyclogenesis caused by a major drop ...

Schools in Northern Ireland will close on Friday after a weather warning was upgraded to status red and the Met Office warned ...

Red weather warnings are in place for the entire island of Ireland for the first time ever on Friday, as Storm Éowyn ...

An emergency alert has been sent to millions of people in Scotland ahead of a rare red weather warning. People with ...

The Met Office is warning of ‘very dangerous conditions’ and widespread disruption across the region on Friday.

The UK and Ireland are bracing for Storm Éowyn, with rare red weather warnings issued across Scotland and Northern Ireland, predicting gusts of up to 100mph (161km/h). Millions of residents received ...

Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are braced for a storm spiraling in from the Atlantic, bringing gusts of up to 100 m.p ...