Ireland and United Kingdom hit record winds because Storm éowyn stopped transportation, left a million people without electricity

London – The record winds hit Ireland, northern Ireland and parts of the land part of the United Kingdom on Friday, with strong storms that spread throughout the region, including the whole Scotland, while the islands were hit by Storm Éowyn.

Met éireann, the National Meteorological Service of the Republic of Ireland, said that the land hits the wind up to 114 mph in the Galway County – the largest ever recorded on the island.

The Republic of Ireland was under the “red warning” of its meteorological body – which means that the public was warned that the storm was “extremely devastating and dangerous”.

The ESB Networks, a government body responsible for most of the Irish electric network, said on Friday morning that more than 715,000 homes, farms and companies were left without electricity as a result of the Storm. During the Friday, new interruptions in electricity supply are expected, the ESB said. Northern Ireland Electricity Networks announced that approximately 240,000 customers were without electricity in the region by Friday afternoon – which means that close to one million people were without electricity on the entire island.

Scottish Power, an electricity electricity supplier in Scotland, said about 15,000 of his customers were left without electricity, according to the CBS News Partner Network BBC News.

More than 230 flights that were supposed to take off or arrive at Dublin Airport were canceled on Friday morning due to bad weather, and all public transportation was suspended throughout Ireland because government officials warned citizens to stay in homes.

British Meteorological Office said on Friday that similar red warnings They were in place in parts of northern Ireland and Scotland.

The winds of wind over 90 mph were recorded in Northern Ireland and the parts of North Wales on Friday morning as the éowyn Storm moved towards the United Kingdom. Many trains and other public transport capabilities were locked in the northern United Kingdom and there were first reports on wind damage on trees and buildings.

“The éowyn Storm now brings very strong winds to the United Kingdom parts. There are possible strokes of 100 mph winds in exposed locations within the Red Warning area,” said British meteorologist Jason Kelly on Friday. “Anyone who is in these areas with a warning of red and amber should listen to the advice of the local reaches and be ongoing with time warnings for their area.”

The strictest red warnings in the United Kingdom, which indicate a possible threat of life, included northern Ireland and the far north of England and southern and central Scotland, but the yellow -colored warning area, indicating probable travel disorders and a possible risk of flying debris, covered it much wider area, stretching south to Manchester and Liverpool.

Storm éowyn (pronounced Ay-Oh-Win) became what was known as a bombing cyclone between Thursday and Friday, according to CBS News partners at Weather Channel. The storm dates from a recent winter storm on the American Bay of Mexico.

“The energy of a jet current that helped produce historical snowfall on the American Bay coast on Tuesday launched low pressure development along the southeastern US coast. From there, that low pressure quickly intensified above the northern Atlantic and spread to Ireland and UK as an intense ‘bomb Cyclone, ‘”Weather Channel said.

The cyclone bombs, also known as candyenesis, describes the American National Administration and the atmosphere as a storm that develops rapidly when atmospheric pressure drops by at least 24 millibers for a 24 -hour period. The pressure associated with the éowyn storm fell by about 50 millibers approaching the western Ireland coast, according to the British meteorological service.