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For my UK friends, this looks to be quite serious.
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Tornado hits UK, train operator to close entire network and schools shut by Storm Eowyn
Story by Noora Mykkanen, Tom Sanders and Danny Rigg• 9h • 2 min read
Tornado hits UK, train operator to close entire network and schools shut by Storm Eowyn
Trains in Scotland will be suspended on Friday as Storm Eowyn – the first named storm of 2025 – brings tornados, 100mph winds and a ‘danger to life’ across the UK.
Forecasters are describing Storm Eowyn as a one in a hundred-year event after upgrading their weather warnings to cover the entire British Isles.
Now the Met Office has issued a red alert for strong winds in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland where gusts of up to 100mph are likely.
ScotRail said all of its services will be suspended tomorrow and ‘strongly’ advised customers not to travel ‘as there will be no train services and no alternative transport will be available.’ Majority of schools in Scotland will be closed.
Following the highest category warning, all schools in Northern Ireland have been told to close when the worst of the storm is expected to land tomorrow.
There are also yellow and amber warnings in place across England, Scotland and Wales. Scroll down to see a map of all the weather alerts.
The shipping forecast issued a hurricane wind warning for the southwestern coast of Ireland, describing the ‘rough seas’ as ‘phenomenal.’
People living between London and Bristol were warned that tornados may form, according to the European Storm Forecast Experiment, which issued a level one warning for southern England and Wales.
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