Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of schools and public transport.

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

One person has died in Ireland and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power in the UK as Storm Éowyn brought record-breaking wind gusts. The man died when a tree fell on his car in County Donegal, Gardaí (Irish police) said.

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.

Glasgow residents will receive a "loud siren" on the their phones to warn of Storm Eowyn. On Friday, the city is set to face major disruption with winds expected to reach nearly 90mph.

Flights have been delayed, roads closed and ferry services cancelled as strong winds pose a danger to life in parts of the UK on Friday morning.

Earlier red warnings covered the entirety of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Now the most serious alert covers parts of Scotland as the storm brings winds posing a danger to life.

More than 75,000 remain without power in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. Additional engineers have been brought to the region from Great Britain to help NIE Networks with the task of restoring power.

Damage and power outages have been reported Friday as energy from a storm system that produced record snowfall along the Gulf Coast is bashing Western Europe with heavy precipitation and powerful wind gusts.

Further support has been promised from London as work continues to repair damage caused across Northern Ireland by Storm Eowyn. On Sunday evening, more than 75,000 people remained without power and work continued to clear fallen trees from roads.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill ... injured when a tree fell on their van in the Balmore Road area of Glasgow on Friday morning, Police Scotland said. Almost one million ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill ... A total of 1,070 flights have been cancelled, and Dublin, Edinburgh, Heathrow and Glasgow airports are the worst affected, according ...