Moment homeowner is nearly hit by falling tile as Storm Eowyn as winds reach 114mph

This is the moment a tile missed a homeowner’s head by centimetres as Storm Eowyn reached speeds of 114mph in Ireland.

The near miss was captured on CCTV as a man tried to pin down a trampoline as he was battered by strong winds in Belfast.

Footage shows a tile smash at his feet as the man cries out in horror before quickly taking shelter inside.

Ireland has taken the brunt of the storm, with Mace Head on the Galway coast recording a record gust of 114mph at 5am, with Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill urging people to stay at home, adding “we are in the eye of the storm now”, in an interview with BBC Radio Ulster.

Meanwhile, Storm Eowyn is smashing into the UK bringing gusts of 100mph - with millions of Britons urged not to travel amid a rare “red” risk-to-life warning.

The Met Office said a provisional peak gust of 100mph has been recorded at Drumalbin in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled at airports across the UK and Ireland, including Heathrow, with rail operators halting services and hundreds of schools closed in Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England.

Around 50 departures and 58 arrivals were cancelled at Heathrow on Friday while one in five flights from airports in the UK and Ireland were cancelled as Storm Eowyn caused disruption at several major airports.

In one case a Ryanair flight to Edinburgh airport was forced to return to Stansted in Essex, where it had taken off from, after being unable to land in the Scottish capital.

More than 800,000 customers across the UK and Ireland have suffered power cuts, while the RAC advised motorists in areas covered by a red weather warning not to drive their car "unless absolutely essential”.

Further wet and windy weather has been forecast on Sunday and into the start of next week by the Met Office, with weather warnings issued.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said: “The influence of Storm Éowyn on the UK’s weather will diminish as it moves further north and east on Saturday morning, but there’s little respite in the conditions for some with the next area of low pressure arriving from the southwest on Sunday.

“While Sunday’s system doesn’t have the same strength as Eowyn, it will hamper some recovery efforts and bring further wind and rain, with the possibility of some flooding in places. 10-20mm of rain will fall quite widely on Sunday in central and southern England, much of Wales and Northern Ireland, with 30-50mm possible over high ground. Thundery showers could top up totals later in the day for some.

“With this rain falling on saturated ground in many places, there’s a chance of flooding for some, with winds an accompanying hazard with the system.”