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Additional engineers are helping to restore electricity in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic following the destruction caused by Storm Eowyn.
Storm Éowyn, a tempest of remarkable ferocity, has swept across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, leaving a trail of disruption and prompting the issuance of unprecedented red weather warnings across both regions.
Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,
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Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.
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“We have been working closely with the Met Ofiice and other agencies to keep updated on the progress of the storm,” Caron Malone, head of transmission strategy at NIE Networks, told BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback programme.
Northern Ireland Electricity says it could take up to 10 days for all customers have their electricity restored, as clean-up operations are anticipated to take days and possibly even weeks in some parts of Northern Ireland.
More than 100,000 remain without power in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. Additional engineers have been brought to the region from Great Britain to help NIE Networks with the task of restoring power.
Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Belfast airports this morning as high winds from Storm Éowyn begin to batter Northern Ireland.
It could take up to ten days to restore connection to the homes without power, says Northern Ireland Electricity.