Heathrow flights cancelled as 114mph hurricane winds bring 'extreme and real' risk to life

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00:00Morning. Storm Eowyn is hitting the UK at the moment. Damaging gusts of wind are expected

00:07in the coming hours. Met Office red warnings are in place. The storm itself has been intensifying

00:12through the night and continues to track its way slowly but surely just up to the north-west

00:18of Northern Ireland. The strongest winds on its southern flank barrelling in right now

00:23across the west of the Republic of Ireland. Strongest winds across Northern Ireland through

00:28the morning rush hours. These gust graphics show gusts of 70, 80 miles an hour, 90 mile

00:35an hour gusts possible. Maybe even more than that on exposed coasts. We'll then see the

00:40strongest winds working their way into central and south-western parts of Scotland during

00:46the morning and probably picking up a little bit late morning here into the early part

00:51of the afternoon. That's when those darker colours are moving through. But strong winds

00:55across northern England and north Wales as well. And then as the storm system moves away

00:59to the north it'll take those strong winds across northern Scotland later today and still

01:04through the night into tomorrow morning. The warnings are constantly being monitored. Red

01:10warnings in place for Northern Ireland, central and south-western Scotland. In this zone we're

01:15expecting gusts of 80 to 90 mile an hour. Potentially 100 miles an hour on exposed coasts.

01:22They'll be pretty isolated but nevertheless these kind of winds, damaging gusts of wind,

01:26likely to cause disruption, potential damage to structures, bringing down power cables,

01:32bringing down branches, if not whole trees. And that is also likely to cause widespread

01:37travel disruption. Think about your journeys today. Do you have to make those journeys,

01:42particularly if you're in this red warning area? We also have amber warnings flanking

01:47those red areas where gusts of wind are also likely to cause damage and potential power

01:53outages along with widespread travel disruption across northern England, north Wales and also

01:58across much of northern Scotland. Gusts of wind through the day of 60, 70 miles an hour

02:04widely, 80 miles an hour in some places and maybe higher than that again in exposed areas

02:09around coasts and over the tops of hills. Yellow wind warning covering the south where

02:13the winds won't be as strong but nevertheless could potentially cause some disruption. We

02:17also have warnings for rain. After yesterday's rain across the southwest, more to come today

02:22could cause problems. And yes, that is snow falling across the hills of central and northern

02:28Scotland, even at lower levels for a time. But the snow over the higher ground will continue

02:31through the day and really could build up. So that's an extra hazard. After the wet and

02:36windy start, it does turn a bit brighter across England and Wales through the day. The winds

02:40will ease a little but it's a very, very gusty day with the strongest winds this afternoon

02:45across western Scotland, transferring into northern parts of Scotland. Temperature wise,

02:50well, it's a much milder start than it has been of late. By this afternoon, actually

02:54temperatures may dip a little across the south, generally seven or eight Celsius here, five

02:58or six further north. Obviously, it's going to feel colder than that with the strength

03:02of the wind, which will continue to be very, very stiff. And those damaging gusts of wind

03:08continue across northern Scotland through this evening and indeed overnight. The amber

03:12warning is in place into Saturday morning here. Still snow falling over the higher routes

03:18as well. Elsewhere, it does turn a little calmer through this evening and overnight.

03:22And as the winds ease with clear skies, likely to see frost in many places to start the weekend.

03:28Still some of that rain lingering across parts of Kent into Saturday morning. But many other

03:32areas starting Saturday with a touch of frost, certainly in rural areas, towns and cities

03:37may be a touch above. But a cold start to the weekend. For many, though, it's a dry

03:41and a bright start. Plenty of sunshine for England, Wales and southern parts of Scotland.

03:46They'll still be very strong winds across northern Scotland. They'll slowly ease through

03:49the day. Then we'll see more showers coming in as the winds pick up again across Northern

03:53Ireland and western the most coast. But I say for many, Saturday looks like a dry and

03:58a bright day with some sunny spells and temperatures close to average for the time of year. Fives

04:04and sixes across the north, seven to nine Celsius further south. But we're maybe not

04:09done with the lively weather. Even by the second half of the weekend, eyes out in the

04:15Atlantic. The jet is particularly active at the moment. It's what's powering in storm

04:20Eoin. That is clearing away during Saturday. But out in the Atlantic, another area of low

04:24pressure is developing. This is unlikely to be as powerful. But of course, these weather

04:29fronts will be providing more rain. And after a recent spell of wet weather, this could

04:34cause some further flooding issues. The isobar is still pretty close together as well. As

04:39I said, there's still not as powerful. The wind's maybe not as strong. But nevertheless,

04:43we could see some disruption from the strength of the wind during the second half of the

04:47weekend. So we do have Met Office warnings in place for that as well. Please do keep

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