Met Éireann issues nationwide warning for ‘destructive winds’
All of Ireland will be under a wind warning due to Storm Éowyn, which is predicted to bring “powerful and disruptive winds” on Friday along with some snowfall.
Met Éireann issued a nationwide orange-level wind warning between 2am and 5pm on Friday.
The weather agency said: “Gale force southerly winds becoming westerly will bring severe, damaging and destructive winds with gusts of up to 130km/h widely, with even higher gusts for a time.”
The expected impacts include fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages, structural damage, very difficult travelling conditions, disruption and cancellations to transport, and wave overtopping.
There are also warnings in place for all coasts off the island of Ireland and the Irish sea.
A status-yellow gale warning applies between 9pm Thursday and 2am on Friday, immediately followed by a status-orange storm warning until 5pm.
The latter warning comes with the expectation that south-west winds veering westerly will reach Storm…
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