Storm Eowyn brought widespread disruption – here’s what could be affected today
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Storm Eowyn brought widespread closures in Ireland and parts of the UK on Friday as flights, rail services and hospitals were all disrupted.
But today is set to see more disarray in the wake of the battering communities took.
Here’s what we know:
Police Scotland asked people to “continue to avoid” travelling in the dangerous weather into the weekend and ScotRail said that while it would work to reopen lines, customers shouldn’t expect any trains to run before midday at the earliest.
National Rail said journeys may be affected today, and asked customers to check before travelling.
Weather warnings in place
There are still three weather warnings in place across Scotland on Saturday including an amber alert for wind – meaning danger to life.
In England there is a warning in place for ice until 10am stretching from Plymouth to Nottingham, and in Northern Ireland a snow and ice alert until 10am.
There are further alerts warning of wind and rain into Sunday and Monday across parts of the UK.
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Storm damage
The department for infrastructure in Northern Ireland said 1,800 trees had fallen and police added it could take days to assess the storm damage.
They warned people that even after the storm passed structures could be weakened.
Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck, who is in charge of the storm response operation, said on Friday evening “we are still not out of the potential risks in respect of this storm”.
“Many roads right across Northern Ireland do continue to be impassable, with fallen trees debris and power lines down,” he added.
A fallen tree on Mullaghmore Road near Dungannon. Pic: PA
Celtic FC in Glasgow said the club’s stadium was damaged by the storm and they were “unable to confirm at this stage” whether their game against Dundee would go ahead. A final decision is expected to be made this morning.
The Scottish League One game between Arbroath and Kelty Hearts was postponed due to storm damage at the stadium.
Dublin Airport said flight operations were “moving well” on Friday evening, but Edinburgh Airport said it expected “knock-on” impacts over the next few days, so passengers should check with their airline for the latest flight information.
A fallen tree which crashed through the wall of Phoenix Park in Dublin. Pic: PA
The Irish Electricity Supply Board said that after 725,000 homes and businesses were left without power on Friday further outages were possible into Saturday. Some properties could be left in the dark for up to a week.
On Friday night a map of outages in Northern Ireland showed power cuts across the region. Authorities said around 250,000 household and businesses were still without power. It could take up to 10 days for them all to be reconnected.
