this is where storm eowyn made land fall this morning.th 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. _ this on their house. we are lucky that we are alive. if this - this on their house. we are lucky that we are alive. if this would i that we are alive. if this would fell inside we would be buried. about 3 o'clock last night. i was just, it was the worst nightmare that you can. just, it was the worst nightmare that you can-— that

storm eowyn is _ impact could it have? storm eowyn is still _ impact could it have?in _ impact could it have? storm eowyn is still in the - impact could it have? storm eowyn is still in the atlantic| eowyn is still in the atlantic going through deepening, luckily for us, the worst of it will be over open sea. the west coast of ireland could see winds of 120 miles an hour potentially first thing in the early hours of friday morning. the storm system slowly pushing across the uk on friday, we have mentioned the red warnings, but across parts of northern england, north wales, damaging gusts of 70—80 miles an hour quite easily, potentially more in a few spots, and across the uk, some form of wind warning, yellow, and there, red, just about all parts will be affected, least departs further south away from the centre of the storm which will cross scotland during the day. will cross scotland during the da . . ~' at the start of the summer holidays last year, children in the seaside town of southport, in the north west of england, were taking part in a taylor swift themed da

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next in the path of eowyn will— neighbours. next in the path of eowyn will be — neighbours. path of eowyn will be northern - neighbours. next in the path ofi eowyn will be northern ireland. where alerts have already sounded on people's phones. all schools will be closed. the first time this has happened since 2017.— since 2017. it's always difficult. _ since 2017. it's always difficult, | _ since 2017. it's always difficult, i suppose, i since 2017. it's always | difficult, i suppose, to since 2017. it's always - difficult, i suppose, to make a decision to close a school. i can understand the department and the education authority making the decision. albeit, quite late on. i suppose the health and welfare, the safety of children is vitally important.- of children is vitally imortant. a . , important. as it crosses the irish sea. — important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts _ important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts up - important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts up to - important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts up to 1 - important. as it crosses the irish sea

red warnings still in force for wind associated with storm eowyn.sle of man also under the influence of red warnings two —— of man also under the influence of red warnings too. for northern ireland, the warning runs until 2pm, but for scotland until 5pm and it's been extended further south. so this red warning now covers much of dumfries and galloway as well. could be isolated gusts up to 100 miles an hour. but even away from the red warnings, we have got a wider area right across the north of the uk with amber — warnings — 60 to perhaps 90 mile per hour gusts of wind — enough to cause really significant damage and disruption as we head through into the afternoon. so, very strong winds pushing across northern ireland and scotland. the rain clearing from northern ireland, persisting for scotland, with some snow over the mountains. further south across england and wales, clearing skies for the rest of the day. the rain has moved away, so some sunshine, yes, but still really windy. these are the gusts we gusts we could see even inland — 40—80 miles an

warnings of 100mph winds as storm eowyn reaches ireland and approaches the uk. a red "danger to life" warning is in force in republic of ireland, northern ireland, and later parts of scotland — with schools and public transport shut down. 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. a judge temporarily blocks president trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the us, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional". we hearfrom one of the youngest survivors from the nazi concentration camp in poland, as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz approaches. what i want the world to do is to please remember. remember us. and let it be a lesson to the world. coming up in business — "make in america, orface the consequences" — donald trump talks tough on trade at the world economic forum in davos. hello, i'm tadhg enright. millions are bracing themselves for storm eowyn which is hitting ireland and is due to arrive in britain in the coming hours. t

eowyn is now moving out of the wax it is a _ storm eowyn is now moving out of the way.is saturday but we do _ prospect for many this saturday but we do have — prospect for many this saturday but we do have some more unsettled weather — we do have some more unsettled weather to — we do have some more unsettled weather to come later today and into sundax _ weather to come later today and into sundax i_ weather to come later today and into sunday. i will have more for you coming — sunday. i will have more for you coming on _ president trump visits los angeles to see areas affected by the recent wildfires, saying he'll slash red tape to help communities rebuild quickly.

and this was the scene in westport is eowyn made landfall.of ireland was the first to feel its force. a red warning is in place for the entire country, all ferries have been cancelled. next in the path of eowyn is northern ireland where alerts have already sounded on people's phones. all schools will be closed, the first time this has happened since 2017. it is always difficult to make a decision to close the school and i can understand the education authority making the decision, albeit quite late on. i suppose the health and welfare and safety of children and the entire school community is really vitally important. figs is really vitally important. as it crosses — is really vitally important. as it crosses the irish sea gusts of up to 100 miles an hour are predictably before it hit scotland. a red warning will soon come into place for parts of the central belt. in glasgow the streets are deserted, and subway closed as all trains are cancelled. subway closed as all trains are cancelled-— cancelled. this is a ma'or weaned cancelled. this is a

has passed. that the worst of storm eowyn has passed-— that the worst of storm eowyn has passed.o i will— has passed. awful delay on the line so i will not _ has passed. awful delay on the line so i will not risk— has passed. awful delay on the line so i will not risk asking - line so i will not risk asking you another question but thanks for bringing us up to speed. right across the coastal regions, this is cornwall, and you can see the size of the waves. that is what it is like in so many different areas of the coastline. this is the coast in wales, and that is pretty wild. look at the size of those waves. that gives you an impression of where we currently are with the storm. now to david wallace lockhart in glasgow. u nfortu nately unfortunately the line has glitched. we will try to get that back. 0ur correspondent ben schofield has this latest from manchester. welcome to a rather sunny but also very blustery west yorkshire. we're over the m62 here, not farfrom huddersfield. somewhere called ainley top, which is a lovely beauty spot. it's just over there to my left. as you can

the central belt will be the key area affected by storm eowyn. glasgow airport, which isn't too far from largs, glasgow airport, which isn't too farfrom largs, where glasgow airport, which isn't too far from largs, where as you can see, there are also cancellations at edinburgh airport. we're also hearing now of some flights cancelled at heathrow airport in london. let's also show you valley home in northern ireland. —— ballyholme. the information we haveis ballyholme. the information we have is that the red weather alert for northern ireland has come into effect at 7am local time. we will continue to follow developments or in storm eowyn here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. 0pened by the nazis in occupied poland in 1940 as a concentration and labour camp, it ulimately became the most notorious extermination camp. more than a million people were murdered there, the majority of them jews. the 27th january also marks holoc

at i is storm eowyn right now? at the is storm eowyn right now?sjust in its development phase. looking at the satellite picture, there is new york, glasgow, it is this massive cloud here, being driven by a really strong jet stream. that has been fired by cold air preaching out of the us and canada. it is under this area marked here, were us and canada. it is under this area marked i into were us and canada. it is under this area marked i into the e us and canada. it is under this area marked i into the start of scotland even into the start of saturday. let me show you the pressure chart, this gives you rough idea, the storm has the latest wins in the centre, strongestjust latest wins in the centre, strongest just south of the centre. we could see winds gusting up to 150 mass per hour over open water, but as i take you to two o'clock friday morning, that will slam into the west of ireland. this could be ireland's worst storm on record exceeding that of hurricane debbie in 1961. we could see wind up about 120 mass power. through the morning it will

storm eowyn may be over, but the destruction left in its wake is unprecedented. kacper dudek, killed in county donegal when a tree fell on his car. around the country, a massive clean up operation is underway, but the repairs are expected to take some time. across the island of ireland, hundreds of thousands of homes are still without power. and while work is ongoing, there is a warning that it might take up to ten days for everyone to get electricity back. this animal shelter has been left without heating. a lot of our puppies need a lot more care than the older dogs, medications, and wejust... like, this wee one's freezing at the minute. so we'd just be very keen to make sure that those puppies have electric. if not, we might need to consider getting foster homes for them. there are more than 2,000 road obstructions reported at the height of the storm in northern ireland. work is now under way here in belfast and across the country to remove damaged trees like this one. in scotland, damage to properties is still being assessed and storm eowyn has left tens of t

storm eowyn was also powered by a very strong jet stream.tream is becoming stronger because of climate change, so every one degree of warming of global average temperatures, the jet stream has increased by about 2%. it doesn't sound like much, but it's increasing. and the jet stream is the thing that is driving these weather systems. so, a strongerjet stream will mean more intense storms. we still have an amber weather warning in place for northern scotland and the winds are still strong enough to still blow down some trees so storm eowyn is not finished in terms of the potential for disruption for transport and power supplies for northern scotland and i will have the important pit forecast details in a short little while. —— full forecast. hamas has named the four israeli hostages, all of them female soldiers, who will be released tomorrow, in exchange for 180 palestinian prisoners held in israel. this is the second such exchange under the gaza ceasefire deal which came into force last sunday. jon donnison sent this report. it contains scen

this warning has been issued for storm eowyn, warning of gas up for storm eowyn, warning of gas up to 100 power and flying debris resulting in a danger to life. let's beat our weather presenter and taylor, parodies weather warnings being issued for? they cover the whole of northern ireland and good part of southern scotland as well. the big thing isjust a geographical area, the big thing isjust a geographicalarea, population centres and add onto that the whole of the republic of ireland under a red warning issued by the met, similar conditions including also the isle of man have a red warning as well. talk about wind widely, gusting to around 80 or 90 mph but we could see some spots, particularly the north coat of northern ireland, down there soon from argyll and bute through the si coast was dumfries and galloway, we could hit 100 mph at times. some of this will be hitting during the crucial rush—hour period, particularly tomorrow morning. where is storm eowyn right now? at the moment it is in its development phase. let me take you to the satellite picture, there is new york, glasgow

after gathering force over the sea, storm eowyn hit ireland with its full fierceness.morning, winds which were already strong, turned savage. at galway aquarium, the gusts pushed flood water into the car park. further north, the town of westport in county mayo took its share of the battering. looking out to sea, the winds are at their maximum strength, and it's obviously too dangerous to go outside into a storm of that ferocity, so we're sheltering in a tunnel. the west coast of ireland is particularly exposed to storms rolling in across the atlantic ocean. there have been plenty of them over the years, but people in westport are saying today they've never seen anything as bad as storm eowyn. today's been a struggle for anyone who's had to go out. roads are dangerous with thousands of trees down. public transport is off. airports are open, but hundreds of flights have been cancelled. we are expecting flight operations to return to normal schedule by mid—afternoon, but that's weather permitting. so it's important that passengers, before they come out to the airport, con

now, eowyn is continuing to disintegrate just to the west of norway, but this is our next weather systemis is another named storm. it's been named by the spanish authorities as storm herminia, and it's going to be bringing wet and windy weather over the next few days, with rainfall totals building up, particularly across parts of wales, the midlands, and south—west england, where we could see some localised flooding concerns as we head into the early part of the new week. now, at the moment we've got a little trough pushing eastwards, bringing rain, a bit of sleet and hill snow, mostly above 200m elevation across northern england and scotland, could be a few centimetres actually in scotland and a risk of some icy surfaces wherever we see a frost. so, into sunday morning, actually most of us having a fairly decent start to the day. there will still be some showers and blustery conditions for conditions for northern scotland, and it won't be long before we see the rain and winds pick up across england, wales, and northern ireland. gusts through the irish sea coast reaching around 60 to 70

storm eowyn is a very powerful windstorm indeed.wards for the rest of the day. we've seen two red warnings for the strength of the winds expire in the isle of man and across northern ireland. but there's still another met office red warning in place for southern and central areas of scotland, including the central belt. it's the highest level of alert, a danger to life within that red warning area. and here is the storm, the strongest gusts of wind, tight squeeze on the isobars, towards the southern flank of that low. this is the red warning area. this is in place until 5:00 later on this afternoon. widespread gusts of 80—90 miles an hour, with isolated gusts, particularly towards western coasts and across these islands in the west of up to 100 miles an hour, and it's been extended further south into dumfries and galloway. there's a wider amber warning in place, too, with gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour. higher gusts of 80 to 90 always possible towards the south. the amber is in place until 9:00 this evening, but across northern sco

let's quickly take you out and about to look at the impact of storm eowyn.t this incredibly ferocious storm system is already having. a reminder that the rare red weather warning is now in effect across that swathes of ireland, northern ireland and the central belt of scotland. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas storm eowyn is moving its way in from the west and it's going to bring a very windy day wherever you are today, especially so across northern parts of the uk. various warnings in force, including two red warnings from the met office across parts of northern ireland, central and southern scotland. also red warnings for the isle of man, too. here is this area of low pressure associated with the storm system — it's been deepening rapidly. lots of isobars, particularly on the southern edge of that area of low pressure, so the strongest winds tracking across the republic of ireland, northern ireland, into central and southern scotland — it's here that we've got the red warnings in force. widespread gusts — 80mph, 90mph, we coul

has been _ of how serious storm eowyn has been here, _ of how serious storm eowyn has been here, andnd a feeling that things are not over. the weather— things are not over. the weather is still severe, there are stitt— weather is still severe, there are still weather warnings in place — are still weather warnings in place though they are less drastic— place though they are less drastic than that red warning, and they— drastic than that red warning, and they will continue into tomorrow. we heard from the first _ tomorrow. we heard from the first ministerjohn swinney saying _ first ministerjohn swinney saying this isn't over, urging people — saying this isn't over, urging pebble to _ saying this isn't over, urging people to follow the guidance that's— people to follow the guidance that's been in place all day today, _ that's been in place all day today, saying not to leave your home — today, saying not to leave your home unless you really have to. still 100,000 without power, not been trained today, there has not — not been trained today, there has not been fairies today. when _ has no

this is where storm eowyn near downfall. gusts of 114 mph orders reported.ut the day, hundreds of thousands of people have been affected. lip hundreds of thousands of people have been affected.— have been affected. up to 233,000 _ have been affected. up to 233,000 homes - have been affected. up to 233,000 homes and - have been affected. up to - 233,000 homes and awarding the figure _ 233,000 homes and awarding the figure could rise even higher and figure could rise even higher ahd thet— figure could rise even higher and that it may take up to ten days — and that it may take up to ten da s. ., ,., ., and that it may take up to ten da s. ., ., , , ., and possibly some more disruption to come here, possibly some more poor weather, but it does certainly seem like the worst of storm eowyn has now passed in northern ireland. actually, the winds are still pretty ferocious. so the winds are still pretty ferocious. - the weather is still appalling. there has, though, as you said, been pretty extensive _ disruption in the areas affected~ _ there's been major damage to

storm eowyn already yellow warnings from the met office, the risk that some places could see gusts offact, very few isobars on our pressure chart. so, very light winds. that has allowed some mist and fog to form, some of that taking a while to clear. but across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, the south west, through the afternoon, we should see sunny spells and just the odd shower, whereas for central and eastern parts of england will hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain, and temperatures 5—8 degrees. so in spite of the light winds, it's going to feel fairly chilly, and it's going to turn cold again through the night, especially where we have some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places, but later in the night, into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing in over high ground across some northern parts of scotl

so much so, the met office have issued not one, but two rare red warnings for storm eowyn.ral and southern scotland. here's the storm winding itself up, deepening as it crosses the country. real squeeze in the isobars on its southern flank across the northern half of the country. this is where were likely to see most of the damage and the disruption. in the short term, we have a weaker system crossing the country, a frontal system bringing some rain, some of it heavy and thundery and stronger winds pushing into southern and western areas. so quite a blustery afternoon to come. some sunshine though, but still on the chilly side. single digits across the board. a brief ridge of high pressure will bring a quiet spell tonight for a time before storm eowyn comes racing in from the south and west to bring another band of heavy rain spreading northwards and eastwards, with some snow on the hills as it bumps into the cold air. and then the winds really ramp up across western areas, initially for northern ireland, the whole of northern ireland under a red warning, isolated gusts in

storm eowyn, already yellow warnings from the met office, the risk that some places could see gusts ofwinds. in fact, very few isobars on our pressure chart. so very light winds. that has allowed some mist and fog to form, some of that taking a while to clear. but across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, the south west, through the afternoon we should see sunny spells and just the odd shower, whereas for central and eastern parts of england we'll hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain and temperatures 5 to 8 degrees. so in spite of the light winds, it's going to feel fairly chilly. and it's going to turn cold again through the night, especially where we have some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places. but later in the night into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing in over high ground across some northern part

issued two rare red weather warnings for northern ireland and scotland, all in connection with storm eowyn90 mph widely tomorrow by as much as 100 mild per hour with exposure. storm eowyn is currently forming in the atlantic, developing rapidly as it pushes across hours, not clearing the far north—east of scotland and till we get through the day on saturday. today we have a weather front bringing rain moving from the west to east, accompanied by squally winds, hail and possibly thunder and lightning, behind it things quietening down, brightening up with a huge hours. for many it will feel chilly today, highs between five and 10 celsius. this evening and overnight, rain continues to push northwards and eastwards, clearing away, some clear skies and then in comes the storm bringing heavy rain, transient snow in scotland to lower levels, quickly turning back to reign in the morning, but severe gales or gales. the met office has these two red weather warnings, northern ireland and scotland, northern ireland and scotland, northern ireland kicks in from seven in the morning until two o'clock, an

so, storm eowyn is developing in the atlantic. look how rapidly it moves towards us.ition of it might change a little bit yet, but it is going to bring some damaging gusts of wind — we're looking at gales, even severe gales. as i mentioned, with exposure, there's a possibility of 90mph winds. the rain will race through. for a time in the morning we could see snow at lower levels in scotland, but the snow level rising, and as the rain rushes through, what you will find is the temperature will start to drop. so, these will be the maximum temperatures, but they will go down as we go through the course of the day. we are not finished with storm eowyn just yet, because you can see as it continues to drift north—eastwards across scotland, we are looking at gales easing from the south through the day, a ridge of high pressure further south will keep things more settled, but we do have the next weather front waiting in the wings which is waiting to bring in more rain and wintry conditions, and then the outlook remains unsettled. the race to lead in artificial intelligence — p

now, eowyn is continuing to disintegrate just to the west of norway, but this is our next weather systemorities as storm herminia, and it's going to be bringing wet and windy weather over the next few days, with rainfall totals building up, particularly across parts of wales, the midlands, and south west england, where we could see some localised flooding concerns as we head into the early part of the new week. now, at the moment we've got a little trough pushing eastwards, bringing rain, a bit of sleet and hill snow, mostly above 200 metres elevation across northern england and scotland, could be a few centimetres actually in scotland and a risk of some icy surfaces wherever we see a frost. so, into sunday morning, actually most of us having a fairly decent start to the day. there will still be some showers and blustery conditions for conditions for northern scotland, and it won't be long before we see the rain and winds pick up across england, wales, and northern ireland. gusts through the irish sea coast reaching around 60 to 70 miles an hour. winds that strong could topple one or two

now this area of low pressure, storm eowyn underwent a rapid intensification during the early hours off wind, some snow to higher ground, but it's here where the centre of the low is, that's where we'll have the strongest of the winds during the morning rush hour. so that's when the red warning is in force across northern ireland. that will continue until 2pm in the afternoon. and then the strongest of the winds transfer into the central belt of scotland. widespread gusts close to 90mph, possibly some isolated gusts of 100mph. we've also got amber weather warnings quite widely across the northern half of the uk. damaging gusts of winds here, there are numerous weather warnings right across the uk. do go to the bbc weather website for further updates. but as we go through the day on friday, the rain across england and wales will ease quite quickly. and then it's a day of sunny spells and gale force gusts of winds. a rash of showers and longer spells of rain as the low crosses scotland. here it's going to stay pretty miserable, highest values of 12 further south. but as i've already stat

as a storm eowyn batter is the uk and ireland.t of 140 mph has been recorded. gust of 140 mph has been recorded-— gust of 140 mph has been recorded. ., ., , recorded. the authorities say the are recorded. the authorities say they are prepared _ recorded. the authorities say they are prepared for- recorded. the authorities say they are prepared for today, | recorded. the authorities say l they are prepared for today, as much as they can be, but they are asking people to make their own preparations, as well. two key messages. stay at home and don't travel to stay safe today. don't travel to stay safe toda . , , ,. ., today. this is the scene at larus today. this is the scene at largs in — today. this is the scene at largs in scotland, - today. this is the scene at largs in scotland, with - today. this is the scene at - largs in scotland, with reports of trees coming down on the railway. 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 au

storm eowyn, already yellow warnings from the met office, the risk that some places could see gusts ofcertainly no strong winds. in fact, very few isobars on our pressure chart. so very light winds. that has allowed some mist and fog to form, some of that taking a while to clear. but across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, the south west, through the afternoon we should see sunny spells and just the odd shower, whereas for central and eastern parts of england we'll hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain and temperatures 5 to 8 degrees. so in spite of the light winds, it's going to feel fairly chilly. and it's going to turn cold again through the night, especially where we have some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places. but later in the night into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing in over high ground acros

eowyn now pushing away northwards.has been very windy in the north of scotland so far today, but those winds are easing. this little frontal feature pushing in from the west will bring some squally showers and another bout of brisk winds later, and then another area of low pressure is developing in the atlantic. that will start to influence our weather tomorrow, but in the short term, mostly fine as we head towards the end of saturday afternoon. but then our band of squally showers pushes in from the west. some of those wintry, particularly across scotland, and it will turn really windy for a time in the north—west of scotland. not as windy as it has been, but any further strong winds could cause a bit more disruption. some ice is likely to form as well across parts of scotland. temperatures dropping away, a cold night for many. a little bit milder, though, down towards the south—west as this next area of low pressure approaches. this low has been named storm herminia. not named by the uk met office, it's been named by

storm eowyn, already yellow warnings from the met office, the risk that some places could see gusts of, certainly no strong winds. in fact, very few isobars on our pressure chart. so very light winds. that has allowed some mist and fog to form, some of that taking a while to clear. but across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, the south west, through the afternoon we should see sunny spells and just the odd shower, whereas for central and eastern parts of england we'll hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain and temperatures 5 to 8 degrees. so in spite of the light winds, it's going to feel fairly chilly. and it's going to turn cold again through the night, especially where we have some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places. but later in the night into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing in over high ground acr

storm eowyn now is battering parts of scandinavia.airly lovely sunrises to start the day because it is chilly out there, as well. we've had wintry showers across scotland and northern ireland and icy concerns. the early rain moved away from the south and east and we're sandwiched in between weather systems. some fairly fine dry and quite sunny weather for many through the day. the showers easing across scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon, but by the afternoon the next band of showery rain is starting to make its way in across northern ireland and because it's coming into relatively chilly air we are going to see that turning to snow over the mourne mountains, for example, and similarly so as it makes its way into mainland uk later on. ahead of it, as i say, the winds are easing down. we've got some sunshine. temperatures will get to around six to eight celsius, which isn't far away from the average for this time of year. as we go through this evening and overnight, our band of showery rain with some hail and thunder, hill

thousands of homes are still without power this morning, after storm eowyn caused chaos across parts says it was probably the strongest storm here in at least 10 years. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam has more. at the cleanup gets under way from a once in a generation storm, huge numbers of people are still without power today. electricity companies say some customers may have to wait days until being reconnected as a team struggle with damage caused by winds in excess of 100 mph and continuing high winds, snow, ice and debris in some areas. in our relents, those wins with the strongest ever recorded and claimed the life of this 20—year—old, killed in county donegal when a tree fell on his car. across ireland, nearly half a million customers are still without electricity, with warnings from power companies could take several days to reconnect them. in the uk, 49,000 several days to reconnect them. in the uk, 119,000 homes and businesses are still without power today. argyll, in scotland, was one of the worst affected areas, where the roof of this leisure centre was ripped off and people

let's return to the impact of storm eowyn pass parts of ireland and the uk. c stage —— see searches as part of a weather alert for northern ireland and parts of scotland. the children's charity barnardo's has opened its archives to a camera crew for the first time, to reveal the history of fostering in the uk. the charity, which has run fostering services since the victorian era, hopes sharing the historic images will highlight the current shorage of carers, and encourage more people to come forward. 0ur reporter tim muffett went to take a look. so this is the barnardo's archive. the records of the children who have been in our care. it's the records for about half a million children. we really have a collection that shows, really, social welfare throughout the last 150 years. when thomas barnardo moved from dublin to london in 1866, cholera had left thousands of children orphaned in the city. so impactful... we've been given rare access to the archives of the charity he set up, which still bears his name. here we have the story of william crook. he's aged 16

thursday bringing some wind and rain, but for friday, storm eowyn, and so this met office amber warning that storm is developing right now in the atlantic. this is the satellite picture from a little earlier on, and you can see this stripe of cloud and just the beginnings of a hook appearing in that cloud as that area of low pressure begins to form. and it is going to strengthen, it is going to deepen rapidly as it approaches the uk, arriving and moving across the north of the uk during the day on friday. more on that in a moment. we start with thursday's forecast, which brings this band of rain eastwards, some snow developing over high ground in the north of scotland as that wet weather arrives. some very windy weather around the coasts of wales, the south and the southwest of england — gusts of 50 or 60mph here. some sunny skies following from the southwest as the day wears on. temperatures around 5 to 9 degrees in most places. now, during thursday night, that first band of rain clears, but then here comes storm eowyn — this swirl of wet and windy weather, we're going to see some real

tens of thousands of homes across the uk remain without power two days after storm eowyn hit. sport, liverpool keep the rest of the premier league at bay. another win, this time over ipswich, maintains their six—point lead, and takes them a step closer to the title. good morning, storm veneer will bring wet and windy weather the uk today and it will cause further

tomorrow we have storm eowyn coming our way, tomorrow we have storm eowyn coming ourway, bringing tomorrowo looking at the risk of 90 mile an hour gusts of wind, possibly more with exposure and in addition to that we will also see some heavy rain and for some some transient snow. this is storm eowyn developing in the atlantic, it is a very deep area of low pressure moving quickly across our shores, eventually clearing later in the day on saturday from the north. to date what we haveis from the north. to date what we have is a line of rain moving from the west to the east, gusty squally winds around, some hail, maple some thunder and lightning as well. as it engages in scotland we will see a period of snow and behind that it brightens up to some sunshine but also some showers. a cold feeling day, highs of five to 8 degrees. 0vernight, that moves away northwards, clear skies before the storm comes in. bringing heavy rain, some snow at lower levels for a time before it pushes back up into the hills and then turns back to rain, but they will be gales and severe gales. all of this is moving nor

that has led to pressure which is storm eowyn. and then it came towards the uk. figs is storm eowyn.as you are talkin: came towards the uk. as you are talking we _ came towards the uk. as you are talking we are — came towards the uk. as you are talking we are looking _ came towards the uk. as you are talking we are looking at - talking we are looking at pictures from northern wales, before that the coastline in cornwall. that is where the plant is being felt, all along the coastal belt. when is the thought that it is going to ease up? thought that it is going to ease up?— ease up? fortunately for northern _ ease up? fortunately for northern ireland - ease up? fortunately for northern ireland we - ease up? fortunately for| northern ireland we have already seen the strongest wins. it is still windy, but they are dropping. through scotland, we are seeing them now. this is the peak of the winds in places. the warning is valid until 5pm. but even when that stops, we have amber and yellow warnings. so the winds when drop entirely. with continue to see that, possibly 80 even 90 mph. particu

now, eowyn is continuing to disintegrate just to the west of norway, but this is our next weather systemanother named storm. it's been named by the spanish authorities as storm herminia, and it's going to be bringing wet and windy weather over the next few days, with rainfall totals building up, particularly across parts of wales, the midlands, and south—west england, where we could see some localised flooding concerns as we head into the early part of the new week. now, at the moment we've got a little trough pushing eastwards, bringing rain, a bit of sleet and hill snow, mostly above 200m elevation across northern england and scotland, could be a few centimetres actually in scotland and a risk of some icy surfaces wherever we see a frost. so, into sunday morning, actually most of us having a fairly decent start to the day. there will still be some showers and blustery conditions for conditions for northern scotland, and it won't be long before we see the rain and winds pick up across england, wales, and northern ireland. gusts through the irish sea coast reaching around 60 to 70 miles

now, eowyn is continuing to disintegrate just to the west of norway, but this is our next weather systemen named by the spanish authorities as storm herminia, and it's going to be bringing wet and windy weather over the next few days, with rainfall totals building up, particularly across parts of wales, the midlands, and south west england, where we could see some localised flooding concerns as we head into the early part of the new week. now, at the moment we've got a little trough pushing eastwards, bringing rain, a bit of sleet and hill snow, mostly above 200 metres elevation across northern england and scotland, could be a few centimetres actually in scotland and a risk of some icy surfaces wherever we see a frost. so, into sunday morning, actually most of us having a fairly decent start to the day. there will still be some showers and blustery conditions for conditions for northern scotland, and it won't be long before we see the rain and winds pick up across england, wales, and northern ireland. gusts through the irish sea coast reaching around 60 to 70 miles an hour. winds that st

storm eowyn already yellow warnings from the met office, the risk that some places could see gusts ofainly no strong winds, in fact, very few isobars on our pressure chart. so, very light winds. that has allowed some mist and fog to form, some of that taking a while to clear. but across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, the south west, through the afternoon, we should see sunny spells and just the odd shower, whereas for central and eastern parts of england will hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain, and temperatures 5—8 degrees. so in spite of the light winds, it's going to feel fairly chilly, and it's going to turn cold again through the night, especially where we have some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places, but later in the night, into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing in over high ground across so