A tornado warning has been issued ahead of the arrival of Storm Eowyn set to batter UK’s coasts with 100mph winds this weekend.The Met Office issued a rare red warning across Northern Ireland and Scotland which will see winds rapidly during the Friday morning rush hour with peak gusts of 80-90 mph fairly widely and perhaps up to 100 mph along some exposed coasts.

Officials have closed schools and warned people to stay indoorsParts of Ireland and Northern Ireland are grappling with the devastating impact of Storm Eowyn, which hit early Friday with wind speeds exceeding 180 kilometers per hour.

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions

A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos.

Schools were closed and trains, ferries and more than 1,000 flights were canceled in the Republic of Ireland and the U.K., even as far south as London Heathrow, as the system, named Storm Éowyn (pronounced Ay-oh-win) by weather authorities, roared in.

Flights, trains and ferries have been cancelled across the UK as 100mph pose a danger to life in parts of the UK.

Winds reached 100mph as Storm Eowyn left one person dead, more than a million people without power and caused significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland.Rail services, flights and ferries have been cancelled across the country as rare red weather warnings are in place on Friday in Scotland.

THE Scottish Government has urged people to stay indoors tomorrow and to not travel following the red weather warning issued for Storm Éowyn on Friday

People in the areas affected by a rare red “danger to life” weather warning issued for parts of Scotland on Friday should not travel, the First Minister has announced. John Swinney said police would issue a formal do not travel notice later for the area covered by the red weather warning for wind on Friday the peak of Storm Eowyn.

Thousands of schools are expected to close, with drivers also warned to stay off the roads and rail services suspended, amid a rare red weather warning as Storm Eowyn gets set to batter parts of the UK.

Scottish First Minister John Swinney told the country’s Parliament ... the Education Authority had advised all schools in Northern Ireland to close on Friday. The warning is in place in Northern ...

Rail services, flights and ferries have been axed, and rare red weather warnings are in place on Friday in Scotland and Northern Ireland ... as First Minister John Swinney warned people not ...