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.

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.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

With hurricane-force winds of 84 mph, gusting to 114 mph, Éowyn was the strongest storm on record for Ireland.

On4, 2025, in Dublin, Ireland, @sryanbruen shared a video capturing the powerful hurricane-force winds of up to 114 mph caused by Storm Eowyn. In the footage, intense winds send sand flying as the storm wreaks havoc across Ireland.