Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks.

Flights to and from both Belfast International Airport and Belfast City Airport have been cancelled as Storm Éowyn brings disruptive winds to Northern Ireland. Flights right across the UK and Ireland have been impacted by the rare red weather warning for severe winds.

The home on the Antrim Road has suffered extensive damage overnight with the storm ripping into its roof space. As our photos show, police remain at the scene of the two storey family home this morning where windows have also been shattered.

Storm Éowyn is causing chaos in Northern Ireland with damage being caused to homes and multiple trees blocking roads across the province.

Clean-up operations are anticipated to take days and possibly even weeks in some parts of Northern Ireland, with Storm Éowyn bringing gusts of over 90mph across some parts of the region.

Belfast City Council (BCC) has made arrangements for any bins or Bryson Recycling boxes which were not emptied on Friday due to Storm Éowyn. A red weather warning is in place until 2pm with gusts of up to 100mph expected along some exposed coasts, with an amber weather alert for wind in place until 9pm on Friday.

Northern Ireland's High Court had already ruled in 2015, in response to a CAJ complaint, that the executive was acting unlawfully by not adopting an anti-poverty strategy. The power-sharing government between pro-British unionists and Irish nationalists collapsed for three years from January 2017, and again from 2022 to 2024.

Police said Friday is expected to see the strongest winds in the region since the Boxing Day storm in 1998 which caused widespread disruption.

Mass tractor rallies will take place across Northern Ireland tomorrow despite Storm Eowyn - with the Parades Commission approving 2,800 vehicles taking part.

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