Storm Éowyn, a tempest of remarkable ferocity, has swept across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, leaving a trail of disruption and prompting the issuance of unprecedented red weather warnings across both regions.

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

Ireland was hit with wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour, the strongest on record, as a winter storm battered the country & northern parts of UK

Schools were closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland ... if you can,” Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill said on BBC Radio Ulster.

Northern Ireland Electricity says it could take up to 10 days for all customers have their electricity restored, as clean-up operations are anticipated to take days and possibly even weeks in some parts of Northern Ireland.

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More than 100,000 remain without power in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. Additional engineers have been brought to the region from Great Britain to help NIE Networks with the task of restoring power.

Further support has been promised from London as work continues to repair damage caused across Northern Ireland by Storm Eowyn. On Sunday evening, more than 75,000 people remained without power and work continued to clear fallen trees from roads.

Parts of Northern Ireland have been hit by snow overnight and into Saturday morning, as the region continues to count the cost of damage caused by Storm Éowyn and thousands remain without power.