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On 21 January 2025, the UK Met Office and associated organisations in Europe used the name "Éowyn" for the fifth storm of the 2024–2025 season. Éowyn is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings and the name was taken from a list based on suggestions by the public.
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 ...
Thousands of Scots remain without power, days on from the disruption and damage brought by Storm Eowyn. Scottish Power Energy Networks, which provides central and southern Scotland, said 2,964 ...
CalMac said storm damage caused all services on its Kennacraig, Port Askaig and Port Ellen route and Oban, Colonsay, Port Askaig and Kennacraig route to be cancelled on Saturday.
Families in Ireland have described the devastating damage to their homes after Storm Eowyn wreaked havoc throughout the country. Shane Egan, 33, from Ballinasloe, Co Galway said his family was ...
Although the amber and red warnings the Met Office issued ahead of Éowyn's arrival have elapsed, several lesser, yellow weather warnings for wind and rain remain in place into Sunday.
The Night of the Big Wind (Irish: Oíche na Gaoithe Móire) was a powerful European windstorm that swept across what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beginning on the afternoon of 6 January 1839, causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths. 20 to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and 42 ships were wrecked. [1]
Winds of almost 80mph (128km/h) battered Yorkshire on Friday, as Storm Éowyn downed trees and brought travel disruption to the region. In Poppleton, near York, a 70ft (21m) tree was blown onto a ...