Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. were urged to stay at home Friday as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions. Forecasters issued a rare “red” weather warning,

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

Two red weather warnings are in place as winds of up to 100mph are forecast to hit Northern Ireland and Scotland.

A powerful storm has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and caused massive travel disruptions in the United Kingdom.

LONDON (AP) — Emergency crews began cleaning up Saturday after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

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,

Millions told to stay home and hundreds of flights cancelled as 100mph winds batter UK - Millions of mobile phone users got an emergency alert as people in Scotland and Northern Ireland warned to stay

Storm Éowyn’s hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions in Ireland and southwest Scotland.

Met Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national meteorological service, said the country was being buffeted by wind gusts of up to 114 mph in County Galway — the highest ever recorded on the ...

More than 1,000 flights are canceled and ground transportation is suspended as a severe winter storm sweeps across the UK and Ireland on Friday.

In the UK, employees have the legal right to take time off work to deal with unexpected emergencies involving dependents, such as a child. This includes situations like sudden school closures due to severe weather.

Ryanair flight RK596 from London Stansted to Edinburgh reached the Scottish ... farms and businesses were without power across the Republic of Ireland, and a further 240,000 homes and business ...