in a moment we'll hear from our correspondents in the four nations, and chris fawkes will tell us justeen so powerful. but first to chris page in county mayo in the republic of ireland. well, the worst is over, but we are still feeling the impact here in the town of west port. the power has gone off again, so no street lights. we are in darkness once more. this is where storm eowyn made land fall this morning. it was 70 miles south of here that a gust of iiamph was recorded. that is the strongest wind ever registered in the republic of ireland. and throughout the day, hundreds of thousands of people have been affected. this is what life—threatening weather looks and sounds like. after gathering force over he atlantic, storm eowyn hit ireland. in the middle of night winds turned savage, at galloway aquarium, the storm caused a surge of water. one couple were lucky not to be killed when the gale inflicted this on their house. we to be killed when the gale inflicted this on their house.— this on their house. we are lucky that we are _ this on their house. we are lucky that we are alive. _

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here's chris fawkes. but cloud and rain across the west of scotland but it was meyer.ed with that, we still have a lot of snow on the ground across the north york moors, and when the wind blows across that it delivers the temperatures, that is why it has been a bruising across parts of north yorkshire. we have a band of rain and beat with a front pushing south, taking the reins from scotland and northern ireland into northern england and north wales overnight. there might be the odd nip of frost across the north—east, but otherwise increasingly mild across the north of the uk. the next few days dominated

here's chris fawkes. but cloud and rain across the west of scotland but it was meyer. sometimes just getting up to m celsius, in sharp contrast to the three celsius that we had in north yorkshire. coupled with that, we still have a lot of snow on the ground across the north york moors, and when the wind blows across that it delivers the temperatures, that is why it has been a bruising across parts of north yorkshire. we have a band of rain and beat with a front pushing south, taking the reins from scotland and northern ireland into northern england and north wales overnight. there might be the odd nip of frost across the north—east, but otherwise increasingly mild across the north of the uk. the next few days dominated by this flow of relatively mild south to south—westerly winds. weather—wise, tomorrow, some mist and fog patches tomorrow, some mist and fog patches to start off with in northern ireland, west of scotland and north—west england, perhaps some drizzle for wales and northern england first thing, otherwise a lot of cloud around but a few breaks coming and go

time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. storm eowyn taking centre stage. just one of many of today's trees that have been toppled thanks these fierce winds in northern ireland. here is storm eowyn as it continues to push northwards. the centre of the low is going across the northern isles at the moment but we have some incredibly strong winds across the coast of aberdeenshire. and i am but weather warnings remain in force. this one for northern scotland will be with us until saturday morning. gusts of wind, a few could get up towards 90 miles an hour with the wind is continuing to be very strong across northern areas of scotland. the winds easing though very gradually through the sun that much central lowlands and southern scotland as we go through the next several hours. a bit of rain across east anglia and the south of england. temperature is around six orseven england. temperature is around six or seven celsius. a bit of sleet in the showers that follow across scotland and northern ireland at times over the next few hours. even into tomorrow morning it