Storm Eowyn Met Office wind warnings extended to 23 hours in 13 parts of UK including England

Ben Hurst

24 January 2025 at 7:46 am·4-min read

An ambulance attends the scene of a crash during strong winds on the A19 - a storm warning has now been extended — -Credit:PA

Wind warnings for the devastating winds which are being brought by Storm Éowyn have been extended. A total of 13 areas are covered by the alert, including in England, which is now in place for 23 hours up to Midnight on Friday.

The Met Office has issued an updated Yellow wind alert for several regions across the UK for Friday and Saturday, with conditions linked to Storm Éowyn. The warning is covering parts of Central, Tayside and Fife, East Midlands, Grampian, Highlands and Eilean Siar, North East England, North West England, Northern Ireland, Orkney and Shetland, SW Scotland, Lothian Borders, Strathclyde, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber. All local areas affected are listed below.

High winds are expected to lash the regions, arriving across the areas at around 1am on Friday and will continue sweeping through until Saturday 12am.

The updated Yellow warning for wind was announced at 11:40am on Monday, January 20. A Met Office forecast said: “Storm Éowyn will move across the northwest of the UK on Friday, clearing to the northeast on Friday night. This will bring a spell of strong west or southwesterly winds with peak gusts of 50-60 mph inland, 60-70 mph around some coasts and hills, and over 80 mph in exposed parts of northern UK. Note that in addition to this warning, red and amber warnings remain in force for some areas.”

The warning says that power cuts are likely to occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage. Injuries and danger to life could occur from flying debris, as well as large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties.

Road, rail, air and ferry services are likely to be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations possible. Some roads and bridges may close. Some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs, could happen.

Hurricane force winds posing danger to life have hit the UK, as millions of people have been urged to stay at home during Storm Eowyn. Rail services, flights and ferries have been axed, and rare red weather warnings are in place on Friday in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as winds of up to 100mph have swept the country.

The storm is likely to rip the roofs from buildings, uproot trees and cause power cuts, according to the Met Office alerts. Hurricane force winds are those that reach at least 74mph, according to the Beaufort scale, the Met Office said.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has urged people to stay at home, adding “we are in the eye of the storm now”, in an interview with BBC Radio Ulster. On Friday, about 20% of all flights scheduled to operate to or from airports in the UK or Ireland have been cancelled, according to Aviation analytics company Cirium.

A total of 1,070 flights have been cancelled, and Dublin, Edinburgh, Heathrow and Glasgow airports are the worst affected, according to the company.

Full list of local areas affected

Central, Tayside and Fife

Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling

East Midlands

Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Grampian

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray

Highlands and Eilean Siar

Eilean Siar, Highland

North East England

Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland

North West England

Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Halton, Lancashire, Merseyside, Warrington

Northern Ireland

County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry, County Tyrone

Orkney and Shetland

Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands

SW Scotland, Lothian Borders

Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders, West Lothian

Strathclyde

Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire

Wales

Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Swansea, Wrexham

West Midlands

Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands Conurbation

Yorkshire and Humber

East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, York

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