Buildings are damaged and 100,000 homes and businesses are left without electricity as gusts over 100mph are recorded.

Winds of up to 100mph are forecast during Storm Éowyn with a large part of Scotland's central belt and the south west under a red "danger to life" weather warning. Almost all schools have been closed ahead of the red alert,

Thousands of schools have been closed on Friday as Storm Eowyn batters the country with winds of over 100mph. The Met Office has issed two rare red weather warnings in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as Storm Eowyn is likely to damage buildings,

Where and when snow will hit UK as fresh weather warnings issued - The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across much of the country this weekend

Storm Eowyn’s 100mph assault will be the first in a month-long barrage with Britain on the storm roller-coaster into spring. Severe gales, flooding downpours, snow and even tornadoes will strike widely today as the biggest storm of the season barrels in from the Atlantic.