Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

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

Storm Éowyn ripped through the UK and Ireland with record-breaking wind gusts, causing widespread destruction, power outages and claiming at least one life as experts in the region call it the most powerful storm in more than a decade.

Storm Éowyn, pronounced ‘Ay-oh-win’, has been advancing toward Ireland and the United Kingdom and is expected to bring gusty winds, heavy rain and some snow to the region Friday and Saturday.

Ireland called in help from England and France as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years. Even as the cleanup continued, more wet and windy weather hit the U.

More than 1 million people in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland were left without electricity after Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) roared through on Friday. In Ireland, which suffered the heaviest damage,

More than 400,000 properties across the UK and Ireland remain without power after the battering by Storm Éowyn, with repair efforts hampered by continuing strong winds and rain. In Northern Ireland about 101,