live from london, this is bbc news. a gust of 114mph recorded as storm eowyn reaches ireland and the uk. a red "danger to life" warning is in force across the entire island of ireland, the isle of man, and laterfor parts of scotland, with schools and public transport shut down. the authorities say they're prepared for today — as prepared as they can be — but they're asking people to make their own preparations, too. two key messages — stay at home, and don't travel — to stay safe today. this is the scene at largs in scotland. the met office says the storm will bring very dangerous driving conditions with fallen trees on roads. we'll bring you all the latest as the storm sweeps across the region. also coming up... a judge temporarily blocks president trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the us, calling it "blatantly

unconstitutional". firefighters continue to battle three new wildfires in and around los angeles. officials say containment efforts "appear to be working". hello. welcome. this is bbc news. millions have been urged to stay at home as storm eowyn is bringing potential life—threatening winds to ireland and the uk. the met office has issued a rare red weather warning for northern ireland and the scottish central belt, which means a danger to life. 4.5 million people were sent an emergency phone alert — many schools and large parts of the transport network will be closed in these areas. and as you can see from this map, it's a giant storm where coastal areas could see winds of up to 100 mph. an amber weather warning

is in place for the rest of scotland, northern england and north wales with separate yellow warnings for wind and rain covering the rest of the uk. eowyn is also battering ireland which has seen a provisional record wind of 114 miles per hour recorded in galway. let's get the latest from joe inwood. the fastest since records began. with winds of up to 100 miles an hour, there's only so much you can do to prepare for a storm like eowyn. first to feel its force was the republic of ireland. a red warning is in place for the entire country. here, it's being called the storm of the century. next in the path of eowyn is northern ireland — where alerts have already sounded on people's phones. alert blares. all schools will be closed — the first time this has happened since 2017. well, it's always difficult, i suppose, to make a decision to close the school. and i can understand the department and the education authority making making the decision — albeit quite late on — i suppose, really, the health and welfare

and safety of children and the entire school community is really vitally important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts of up to 100mph are predicted, before it hits scotland. there's a red warning in place for part of the central belt, and they'll be monitoring disruption at this control room. but it's been decided it's too dangerous for any trains to run. this is a major weather event, and keeping our customers and colleagues safe is our number—one priority. because of that, we've had to make the very difficult decision to withdraw all of our scotrail services throughout friday to make sure that we keep everybody safe. much of wales and the north of england are under an amberwarning. there — like everywhere else in eowyn�*s path — disruption is expected, and the advice is to only travel if you really have to. from this storm we're expecting airborne issues. so debris, potentially, power outages. so our advice would be to plan journeys if you are making those journeys.

think about what you're doing in any circumstances, and keep safe. almost the whole of the uk is set to be under a yellow warning for high winds. yesterday in cornwall, there were even reports of a tornado. it wasn't caused by storm eowyn, but was a reminder of our increasingly unpredictable weather. joe inwood, bbc news. and joe joins me now. let's show you some of the latest pictures we have coming into the newsroom across the country. this is northern ireland. the red weather warning now has come into effect at 7am local time in the morning and authorities say all schools are closed in northern ireland, all courthouses also have shut, and operations will be carried out remotely and health trusts are telling patients they should consider

all appointments cancelled unless they have received communication otherwise. let's show you largs on the west coast of scotland, close to glasgow. this will be the area most affected by storm eowyn when the red weather warning comes into effect at 10am local time. and joe inwood joins me now. what is the latest? at the moment _ what is the latest? at the moment the _ what is the latest? at the moment the republic - what is the latest? at the moment the republic of l what is the latest? at the - moment the republic of ireland has been hit hardest, hit first. there in county galway they have a new wind speed record, 114 mph recorded, the fastest single gust of wind ever recorded in the republic but the record was previously set in 1945 so you have a sense of how serious this is. over half a million properties already without power in the republic of ireland. life will grind to a halt for a day. that is the advice in any there is a

red weather warning, if you don't need to go out, just don't. don't need to go out, 'ust don't. ~ . ., , don't. we are hearing reports of travel disruptions. - don't. we are hearing reports of travel disruptions. in - of travel disruptions. in scotland they have cancelled all trains, we knew that was happening in advance, and with flights, as well. i think the authorities in scotland and other places have said it is in some ways up to the airlines but i was looking before at the arrivals board for dublin airport and it was cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, cancelled, everything cancelled. the advice would be check before you leave the house because probably your flight is not going ahead. in the uk we have had roads closed because of high winds, though not quite as badly affected in england as in scotland and northern ireland.— england as in scotland and northern ireland. how long is this expected _ northern ireland. how long is this expected to _ northern ireland. how long is this expected to go _ northern ireland. how long is this expected to go on - northern ireland. how long is this expected to go on for? i northern ireland. how long is. this expected to go on for? we know at the — this expected to go on for? - know at the moment the red weather warning will last throughout the day. this storm will pass over probably in the next 12 to 24 hours or so, but of course we will see very strong winds and we will not be expecting it to get back to nice calm conditions for a

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seeing lots of waves come over the sea walls and we are also hearing about potentially record—breaking wins in the republic of ireland, a gust of 114 miles per hour has been recorded in galway, a potential record—breaker. to give you an idea about the disruption being caused in northern ireland today, every single school in northern ireland is closed. lots of public buildings are closed, flights cancelled, hospital appointments cancelled, public transport, trains and buses not running for this morning at least and lots of businesses have taken the decision to close, and people are being encouraged to work from home. i did hear you speaking about some power outages. let me bring you the latest. we are starting to hear that thousands of homes across every county in northern ireland are now without power, and that figure rises to

560,000 homes in the republic of ireland, so that really gives you a sense of how impactful storm eowyn is already being across the island of ireland. here in northern ireland, we heard from the storm eowyn, the police service, they said they are declaring a major incident because of this storm —— we had from the psni. these wins could be the strongest we face since 1998. yesterday, 4.5 million people got that alert on their mobile phones across northern ireland and in large parts of scotland, warning them about the dangers of storm eowyn. we have heard from a lot of the authorities here across the island of ireland, who say they are as prepared as they can be but they are asking individuals to make their own preparations, too, to make sure they have candles at home or torches for batteries, bashes or torches, sorry, that's kind of thing. there are two key messages they

give out yesterday and the same today. do not travel today if you don't have to do, especially during the red weather alert, especially during the red weatheralert, up especially during the red weather alert, up until tpn stop stay indoors if you can today to stay safe. —— of the weather alert until two o'clock. weather alert until two o'clock-— weather alert until two o'clock. ., ., o'clock. how are people bracing for the o'clock. how are people bracing forthe impact _ o'clock. how are people bracing for the impact of _ o'clock. how are people bracing for the impact of the _ o'clock. how are people bracing for the impact of the storm? i for the impact of the storm? well, i think with a lot of schools closed and a lot of businesses closed, a lot of people are preparing just to spend the day at home. we are in a coastal town today on the county down coast, there are a lot of homes and businesses on this street. i am talking to you from somewhere we can see sandbags at their doors, they have been making their own preparations ahead of storm eowyn today but for most across northern ireland and the republic, this would be due to be a pretty busy spot even at this time and this time of year, lots of people going for a morning jog and walking dogs but that is not the case this morning, obviously. a lot of

people are heeding the advice, not travelling today, and they are staying indoors to stay safe, at least until this afternoon because at two o'clock n and amber warning kicks in. still serious but not as severe and people will be maybe re—evaluating the situation. maybe re-evaluating the situation.— maybe re-evaluating the situation. ., ~ ., ., david wallace lockhart is in glasgow. this red weather alert is yet to come into effect in scotland, but tell us, how is the weather there?— the weather there? that's ri . ht, the weather there? that's right. we _ the weather there? that's right, we are _ the weather there? that's right, we are a _ the weather there? that's right, we are a couple - the weather there? that's right, we are a couple of i the weather there? that's - right, we are a couple of hours off the red warning officially taking effect in scotland but you can feel the wind picking up you can feel the wind picking up here. that red level warning will cover vast swathes of the country, the entirety of the central belt, which crosses from the west to the east of scotland, takes in the cities of glasgow and edinburgh. it is where the majority of people in scotland live and we can feel it starting to pick up now. we

are right next to the river clyde in glasgow and you can see the water starting to get quite a bit choppy. the occasional gust of spray going across the surface and the trees on the other side starting to sway more and more as the morning goes on and storm eowyn approaches. widespread disruption already. schools closed in many places across scotland, trains not running across the entirety of the country. ferries to the scottish islands not running, either. airports telling people who have flights booked to checkin who have flights booked to check in advance whether they are actually going to be taking off and the disruption goes beyond just travel. the courts are closed, tesco supermarket in the past hour have announced they will be closing all of their stores in the affected areas. the police advice, the official advice is the same as northern ireland. stay at home. only go outside if absolutely necessary, and yesterday evening a reminder of the

seriousness here when people's phones got that emergency alert from the uk government, a message flashing up, a siren going off even if your phone is on silent, to stress that official advice, to tell people there is a danger to life that comes with a red warning. that is something that has never officially been used in scotland up until now, so i think something that really stresses how seriously the authorities are taking this storm that is coming. david, thank yon — just a reminder of the news coming in from just a reminder of the news coming infrom ireland. just a reminder of the news coming in from ireland. the republic of ireland has been hardest hit by storm eowyn so far. record wind speeds of 114 mph recorded in galway and of course we mph recorded in galway