Storm “Eoin” cuts power to thousands in Britain and Ireland

Hurricane-force winds hit Ireland and the United Kingdom on Friday morning, cutting off power to thousands of homes and businesses and disrupting transportation across the region, Bloomberg News reported.
The storm’s winds reached 183 kilometers per hour in Galway, central Ireland, according to the Irish Meteorological Service.
State electricity company ESP said that as of 0600 a.m. local time, 560,000 homes, farms and businesses were without power.

Issuing alerts and closing schools

As the storm approached, authorities in parts of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland issued red warnings, closed schools and universities and asked residents to seek safe haven.
The British Meteorological Service issued warnings of bad weather for areas in England and Wales, and warned of the possibility of power outages and disruption of travel, amid expectations of winds at speeds of 50 miles per hour in the capital, London.