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Status Red on Friday as public warned of one of Ireland's 'severest storms' ever

Storm Éowyn is set to bring ‘damaging and destructive’ gale force winds with gusts of up to 130km/h.

LAST UPDATE | 22 Jan

MET ÉIREANN HAS extended status Red wind weather warnings to all counties on Friday.

A Status Red wind warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford will be in effect from 2am until 10am on Friday.

A Status Red wind warning will come into effect for Clare and Galway from 3am and remain in place until midday.

The Status Red wind warning for Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo will be in place from 4am until midday. 

Cavan, Monaghan, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Roscommon, Tipperary will all be under a Status red wind warning from 6am until midday.

Donegal will be under a Status Red wind warning from 6am to 3pm. 

Met Éireann has also issued a Status Yellow rain warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford that will be in place from 9pm on Thursday until 3am on Friday.

The Met Office has issued an Amber warning on counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry from 6am on Friday until 9pm.

A Status Orange wind warning will be in place across the whole country from 2am until 5pm on Friday.

Met Éireann has warned that the storm will bring “damaging and destructive” gale force winds with gusts of up to 130km/h.

Keith Leonard, the chair of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) has said the incoming weather system will probably be among the “severest storms” that Ireland has ever seen.

Leonard told RTÉ the number of people who will lose power will likely top the 385,000 figure that came with Storm Ophelia in 2017.

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The NECG added that public transport does not operate during red weather warnings, and operators will make assessments on when to resume services after the warnings have been lifted.

Air and ferry passengers seeking updates regarding specific flights or ferry crossings, should contact their airline or ferry operator directly.

The group also advised that employers in red level areas should facilitate their employees working from home where possible, and said only emergency service workers should be leaving home for work, “where directed by their employer”. 

People are being warned to expect fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages.

The electricity network is expected to be severely impacted, and the public are advised to prepare for the arrival of the storm including ensuring their mobile phone is fully charged to enable communication.

 

By Eoghan Dalton, Lauren Boland, Emma Hickey, Muiris Ó Cearbhaill, David Mac Redmond and PA

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