North west issued with status orange warning

Met Eireann has issued A Status Orange wind warning for the north west and entire country as Storm Éowyn makes its way towards Ireland. The forecaster says Friday morning will see severe, damaging and destructive winds with gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour widely across the country- and even higher gusts for a time. The Orange wind warning comes into effect at 2am Friday morning until 5pm on Friday evening with the potential for fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages, structural damage and very difficult travelling conditions. Some forecasters are predicting that the storm will be a severe weather event, particularly for this region. Alan O'Reilly says the storm could be as bad as Storm Ophelia in 2017: