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. Ireland was hit with wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour overnight, the highest since World War II, as a winter storm spiraled in from the Atlantic before hitting Scotland. Schools were closed and trains, ferries and hundreds of flights were canceled in the Republic of Ireland, neighboring Northern Ireland and Scotland as the system, named Storn Éowyn by weather authorities, roared in. Forecasters issued a rare “red” weather warning, meaning danger to life, for Friday across the whole island of Ireland and central and southwest Scotland.
